"I can't imagine now why I stayed and endured it all this while.

I think I only needed the psychological moment for rebellion, and to-night the moment came.

So you see you have really done me a service by getting into this scrape.

It's the first time I have been off the ranch in a year." "If you call that doing you a service, I'm going to ask you to let me do something also for you." Bud half smiled to himself in the darkness, thinking how diplomatic he was.

"If you're found out, you'll have to keep on going, and I take it you wouldn't be particular where you went.
So I wish you 'd take charge of part of this money for me, and if you leave, go down to my mother, on the Tomahawk ranch, out from Laramie.
Anyone can tell you where it is, when you get down that way If you need any money use it.