“He’s set on thet, by fair means or foul.”
“Aulsbrook better be careful. Tell him next time he approaches you.… Now, Lightfoot, here’s a most particular question. Do you know cattle?”
“Do I? Wal! From A to Z. Thar’s not a cattleman in Arizona thet could hold a candle to me. I’ve worked cattle for forty years an’ have lost half a million. But thet wasn’t because I didn’t know how to breed, raise, drive an’ sell cattle.”
Wade got up from his comfortable seat on the couch, and scarcely able to contain himself he stalked to and fro under the shelter.
“Wal, you ’pear mighty tickled about my brag, an’ my bad luck,” added the homesteader, plainly nonplused.
“Lightfoot, you’ve just told me Pencarrow’s fortune is made, and you and I are trailing along behind.”
“Man alive! No wonder Hal raved
