Denson, who settled in the tributary coulee, had not made any difference in the water supply, and his stock had consisted of thirty or forty head of cattle and horses.
When Denson sold, however, things might be different.

And, if he had sold to a sheepman, the change might be unpleasant If he had sold to Dunk Whittaker--the Flying U boys faced that possibility just as they would face any other disaster, undaunted, but grim and unsmiling.
It was thus that Pink and Weary rode slowly down into Denson coulee.

Two miles back they had passed the band of Dot sheep, feeding leisurely just without the Flying U fence, which was the southern boundary.

The bug-killer and the other were there, and they noted that the features of that other bore witness to the truth of Andy's story of the fight.

He regarded them with one perfectly good eye and one which was considerably swollen, and grinned a swollen grin.
The two had ridden ten paces past him when Pink pulled up suddenly.