Weeks on end in the saddle or running alongside his horse in the fashion of the Apache, made him rock hard all over his body. His time in the Army also made him aggressive to a larger degree than most of the men of his time. His long mane of dark hair and his flashing dark eyes made him a favorite of the local girls, and especially several ladies of the night who kept themselves only for him on some days of the week in the cribs near to Ft. Lowell in Tucson. As the new century turned he was ready to abandon his nomadic existence as an army scout and return to Yuma. He did so without knowledge of Ralph and Ross's desire, and the desire of Flora and Carmelita to go into ranching.
Soon Jonas oversaw the entire operation of the saloon, hotel and fancy house. As Jonas began to put his own stam
