It's too bad--too damn bad.

He was--a good man, Sim Gage!" "What was it, Annie ?" asked Mary Gage, over in their house.

"There was shooting.

Was anybody hurt ?" "Some of the hands got to mixing it, like enough," said Annie, herself pale and shaking.

"I don't know." "Was anybody hurt ?" "I haven't had time to find out.