BILL HAS A BAD DAYBill Blunt put in a disquieting night after his open break with Ken. Lying between his blankets in the little tent, listening to the younger man’s regular breathing, he realized that he had blundered most seriously in boasting of his business juggling. Well he realized that his carefully built house of cards would go toppling should Ken return to Emmonsville and acquaint the older Blunts with the scheme. The result of more than a year of shrewd planning and secret manipulation had been wiped out in one moment of senseless fury—unless—unless Ken should never return to Emmonsville! Bill’s mind flew back to that day when he had paused with his finger on the trigger and the sights of his rifle lined on Ken’s back—and cursed himself for not having pressed that trigger. He wish
