There's a cowboy, Wils somethin', who rode up here with some medicine fer me--some they didn't have when I was thar.

You'll like thet boy.

I seen he was sweet on the gal an' I sure couldn't blame him." Bent Wade removed his pipe and let out a strange laugh, significant with its little note of grim confirmation.
"What's funny about thet ?" demanded Lewis, rather surprised.
"I was only laughin'," replied Wade.

"What you said about the cowboy bein' sweet on the girl popped into my head before you told it.

Well, boys will be boys.