Gordon, too, was related to Jean's family, though distantly.

He resembled an industrious miner more than a prosperous cattleman.

Blue was the most striking of the visitors, as he was the most noted.

A little, shrunken gray-eyed man, with years of cowboy written all over him, he looked the quiet, easy, cool, and deadly Texan he was reputed to be.

Blue's Texas record was shady, and was seldom alluded to, as unfavorable comment had turned out to be hazardous.