"What is that ?" he asked.
"That's the bull-gine on the Great Western; we got two railroads now." "Which is two too many," said the other man.

"First you know the cattle business will be wiped out o' 'Rickaree County just as it is bein' wiped out in Cheyenne and Runnin' Bear.

Nesters and cow milkers are comin' in, and will be buildin' fences yet." "Not in my day," said the host.
"Well, so long," said Mose, and rode away.
The Reynolds' ranch house was built close beside a small creek which had cut deep into the bottom of a narrow valley between two pinon-covered hills.

It squat in the valley like a tortoise, but was much more comfortable than most ranch houses of the county.

It was surrounded by long sheds and circular corrals of pine logs, and looked to be what it was, a den in which to seek shelter.