But things didn't go right, an' Singleton--damn it, Lawler; I never liked the man, an' I don't know _why_ I've been doin' what I have been doin'.

But I've wanted to do somethin' for Ruth--so's she could quit teachin' an' live like a lady.

I thought if I could get a bunch of coin together that mebbe she'd have----" "She'd see you dead before she'd touch it," scoffed Lawler.
"Mebbe I'd be better off if I was dead," said Hamlin, glumly.
"You'll die, right enough, if you don't keep your word to me," grimly declared Lawler.
He strode to the door, leaped upon Red King and rode away.
Inside the cabin, Hamlin got to his feet and swayed toward the door, reaching it and looking out, to see Lawler riding rapidly toward Willets..