"All you boys got a raise last month; ain't that good enough ?" "Plenty good enough, so long as I work for the outfit." "Well, what's wrong?
You've been with us five years, Lone, and it's suited you all right so far----" Lone looked at him.

"Say, I never set out to _marry_ the Sawtooth," he stated calmly.

"And if I have married you-all by accident, you can get a bill of divorce for desertion.

This ain't the first time a man ever quit yuh, is it, Hawkins ?" "No--and there ain't a man on the pay roll we can't do without," Hawkins retorted, his neck stiffening with resentment.

"It's a kinda rusty trick, though, Lone, quittin' without notice and leaving a camp empty." "Elk Spring won't run away," Lone assured him without emotion.