"They might have killed you!" "Maison was havin' thoughts the other way round," he grinned.

"He was mighty glad I didn't make him pay for the men he killed." "They'll be after you--they'll kill you for that!" she told him.
"Shucks," he laughed.

He showed her the document written and signed by Maison, and attested by Judge Graney: This is to certify that I have tonight paid to Deal Sanderson the sum of ninety thousand dollars for three thousand head of cattle received to my full satisfaction.
"There ain't no comeback to that!" exulted Sanderson.

"Now we'll start buildin' that dam.

Mebbe, though," he added, grinning at her, "if you knew where a mighty hungry man could find a good cook that would be willin' to rustle some grub, there'd be----" She laughed.