"She's been left alone a week or two at a time during roundups.

I don't reckon the outfit'll bust up before you get a man down there." The foreman looked at him curiously, for this was not like Lone, whose tone had always been soft and friendly, and whose manner had no hint of brusqueness.

There was a light, too, in Lone's eyes that had not been there before.

But Hawkins would not question him further.

If Lone Morgan or any other man wanted to quit, that was his privilege,--providing, of course, that his leaving was not likely to menace the peace and security of the Sawtooth.