"Well," he said, "that name-signing deal sure had me considerable fussed up." He told Owen of his mental torture following the discovery of the letter that had disappeared from the dresser drawer.

"We've got to run together from now on," he told Owen.

"I'll be Bransford an' you'll be Bransford's name.

Mebbe between us we'll make a whole man." Over at the Bar D, Dale was scowling at Silverthorn.
"He ain't Will Bransford," Dale declared.

"He signed his name all O.K.
an' regular, just the same as it was on the letter.