An' y'u know what thet means.

But I'm not heah to fight Jorth because he may be a rustler.

The others may have their own reasons, but mine is this--you once stood by me in Texas when I was needin' friends.

Wal, I'm standin' by y'u now.

Jorth is your enemy, an' so he is mine." Gaston Isbel bowed to this ultimatum, scarcely less agitated than when Esther Isbel had denounced him.