CONCERNING A WOMAN Day was breaking when Sanderson rode in to the Double A corral and dismounted.

Several of the men of the outfit were astir, and he called to one of them, and told the man to care for his horse.

He grinned around at them all, and then went into the house.
Mary Bransford was not yet up.

The door that Sanderson had gone out of the night before was still unlocked.

He opened it and entered, passing through the sitting-room and halting in the kitchen.