And he could see no valid reason why the boss should contemplate "raising" him.
So far, he had been doing no more than the rest of the boys, except when there was roping to be done and he and Stopper were called upon to distinguish themselves by fast rope-work, with never a miss.

Sixty dollars a month was as good pay as he had any right to expect.
Dirk, he decided, had given him one good tip which he would follow at once.

Dirk had said that no man ever got into trouble by keeping his mouth shut.

Bud closed his for a good half hour, and when he opened it again he undid all the good he had accomplished by his silence.
"Where does that trail go, that climbs up over the mountains back of that peak ?" he asked.

"Seems to be a stock trail.