It's queer he made the mistake of believing that it was the father of the other younker as owned part of the ranch, but he got matters twisted in some way.

You can see that if it hadn't been fur that blunder of his, it would be _you_ that your friend and me would be looking fur." "I wish it were," was the honest exclamation of Jack Dudley; "but how was it he came to form his partnership with Motoza ?" "You've heard it said the devil takes care of his own; Bill and Motoza are old friends and have been in more than one shady job.

I can't know, but I think Bill must have larned or suspicioned that the Sioux warn't fur off and he set out to hunt him up.

Anyway they managed to come together, and the job was fixed up atween 'em.

Howsumever," said the guide, "there ain't no use of talking and guessing over what _has been_, but we must face what _is_.