And Lone suspected that, given the opportunity, Bob Warfield would have fallen in love with Lorraine.
Indeed, he suspected that any man in the country would have done that.
Al Woodruff had, and he was noted for his indifference to women and his implacable hardness toward men.
But you are not to accuse Lone of being a jealous husband.

He was not, and I am merely pointing out the fact that he might have been, had he been given any cause.
Oh, by the way, Swan "proved up" as soon as possible on his homestead and sold out to the Quirt.

Lone managed to buy the Thurman ranch also, and the TJ up-and-down is on its feet again as a cattle ranch.

Sorry and Jim will ride for the Quirt, I suppose, as long as they can crawl into a saddle, but there are younger men now to ride the Skyline Meadow range.
Some one asked about Yellowjacket, having, I suppose, a sneaking regard for his infirmities.

He hasn't been peeled yet--or he hadn't, the last I heard of him.