Nick, though, can do two men's work any day in the year." "But it's strange that a man like Nick would have anything to do with such a creature as that poor specimen," mused Patches.

"Are they related in any way ?" "Nobody knows," answered Phil.

"Joe first showed up at Prescott about four years ago with a man by the name of Dryden, who claimed that Joe was his son.

They camped just outside of town, in some dirty old tents, and lived by picking up whatever was lying around loose.

Dryden wouldn't work, and, naturally, no one would have Joe.