"You came pretty near making a clean
round-up, sheriff. I'm the fourth to be put out of business.
You'd ought to be content with that. Let York here go."
"I can't do that, but I'll do my best to see he gets off light."
"I got him into this, sheriff. He was all right before he knew
me. I want him to get a chance now. "
"I wish I could give him a pardon, but I can't do it. I'll see
the governor for him though."
The wounded man spoke to Collins alone for a few minutes, then
began to wander in his mind He babbled feebly of childhood days
back in his Kentucky home. The word most often on his lips was
"Mother." So, with his head resting on Neil's arm and his hand in
that of his friend, he slipped away to the Great Beyond.
CHAPTER 22. FOR A GOOD REASON
The young ladies, following the custom of Arizona in summer, were
riding by the light of the stars to avoid the heat of the day.
They rode leisurely, chatting as their ponies paced side by side.
For though they were cousins they were getting acquainted with
each other for the first time. Both of them found this a
delightful process, not the less so because they were
temperamentally very different.
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