He is friendly with all the big politicians in the territory, and is ruthless and merciless.

I feel that he would have succeeded, if you had not come.
"I know what he wants; he wants the Double A on account of the water.
He is prepared to go any length to get it--to commit murder, if necessary.

He could take it away from me, for I wouldn't know how to fight him.

But he can't take it away from you, Will.

And he can't say you have no claim to the Double A, for father willed it to you, and the will has been recorded in the Probate Court in Las Vegas! "O Will; I am _so_ glad you came," she went on, stroking and patting his arms.