He took a tigerish amusement from the old man's plight.
"I reckon I come pretty near doin' for you, eh ?" he said, grinning.
"Well, there ain't no tellin' when a man will make a mistake." His gaze left the old man and was directed at the girl.

"I reckon we'll clear things up a bit now, ma'am," he said.

"What are you an' your grand-pap doin' at the Lazy Y ?" "We live here." "Where's the old coyote which has been callin' himself my dad ?" A sudden change came over the girl; a vindictive satisfaction seemed to radiate from her.

So it appeared to Calumet.

In the flashing look she gave him he thought he could detect a knowledge of advantage, a consciousness of power, over him.