Stranger, will you put up your hosses an' stay ?" "I'm lookin' for work," replied Wade.
It was then that mention was made of Belllounds sending to Meeker for hands.
"Old Bill Belllounds thet settled Middle Park an' made friends with the Utes," said Wade, as if certain of his facts.
"Yep, you have Bill to rights.

Do you know him ?" "I seen him once twenty years ago." "Ever been to Middle Park?
Belllounds owns ranches there," said the innkeeper.
"He ain't livin' in the Park now," interposed Kemp.

"He's at White Slides, I reckon, these last eight or ten years.

Thet's over the Gore Range." "Prospected all through that country," said Wade.
"Wal, it's a fine part of Colorado.

Hay an' stock country--too high fer grain.