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“It would have been simpler if you’d just had me fetch him here Save all this waitin’,” Janes declared

Boston didn’t respond As good as Loht with his muscle He would have welcoe It didn’t occur to hioodwill and support of his fellow ranchers if his ba

nk wanted to keep their business A range warsides Accounts would be lost, the bank business would suffer, and a lot of unwanted notoriety would come his way

So When the prairie fire hadn’t done as e as they had hoped, he had wanted to set another The last thing Boston wanted was Calder’s suspicions aroused Some loss had been sustained because of the fire It was tih other means And in ways that would be difficult to trace back to Boston He needed cattle range—not a war

There was a knock at the rear door of the bank A gleam of satisfaction appeared in Judd Boston’s eyes when he lance “Go let Giles in,” he ordered

A few minutes later Janes ushered the bull-necked lance and returned to his paperwork

“Have a seat, Giles I’ll be through here in a few minutes,” he said “Pour hi Giles ti the desk and have a drink of bonded whiskey

“The king is in his counting house, counting out his money,” Giles recited when Boston set the books aside and lit a cigar “And the knave …” He paused to throw a look at Lo of the word escaped the foreman “You wanted to see me, Boston?”

“Yes” He leaned back in his chair “I aduess you wanted to stay close by”

“If that’s all you wanted to talk to lass of whiskey on the desk and made to rise

“The Calder woman is still a touchy subject with you, isn’t it?” Boston observed, and waved hi I’d like you to do for me”

“I’ve already got a job, Boston” Giles sat back in the chair

“Yes, I understand you’re e proved to be too much for her, I was told” It seelish aristocrats had their own peculiarities “She plans to rest here for aon by more comfortable modes of transportation, I believe”

“If that’s what you heard, I guess it’s so” Bull Giles didn’t commit himself one way or the other

“Did you introduce her to Calder?”