You probably know by now that Injun was a very independent person.

So he started off to take charge of affairs himself.
Meanwhile Whitey, feeling much like a fool, and possibly looking like one had there been light enough to see, was being led to the ranch house.

Arrived there and seated in the living-room, motherly Mrs.Steele apologized for not thinking of him before, and surrounding him with all the comforts of home, away from those vulgar men.

She was inclined to be proud of herself for having done so at this late hour.

Had she known what Whitey was thinking about the comforts of home and about her, she would not have been so proud.
For a while she entertained Whitey by talking about New York, which she had visited ten years before, when on her honeymoon.