But last night he came out with it.

Every man in the saloons, every man on the streets heard Blome's loud an' longin' call for the Ranger.

Blome's pals took it up and they all enjoyed themselves some." "Drinking hard ?" I queried.
"Nope--they didn't hit it up very hard.

But they laid foundations." Of course, Steele was not to be seen last night.

This morning Blome and his gang were out pretty early.