My name is Delmar." "This is my brother Dan," said Jake, "and this is his herder." When Mose took the small, firm hand of the sheepman and looked into his face he liked him, and the stranger returned his liking.

"Your fight is mine, gentlemen," he said.

"These cattlemen are holding back settlement for their own selfish purposes." Williams, returning at this point, began speaking, but with effort, and without looking at Delmar.

"We don't want any fuss, so I want to make this proposition.

You take the north side of the Cannon Ball above the main trail, and we'll keep the south side and all the grass up to the trail.