"Or a circle with a line, put another line across?"
"And hand over the cash," added the Ranger.
"Or a circle dot, just put an X on top of the dot?"
"And fix the sheriff," explained the irrelevant [Transcriber's note: irreverent?] Ranger.
"And the Senator has all the appointments to the Service out here?"
"No—disappointments," corrected Wayland.
They were both watching the grotesque antics of a squirrel negotiating the fresh tips of a young spruce. The squirrel sat up on his hind legs and chittered, whether at the Senator's brands or their heresy it would be hard to tell; but they both laughed.
"Have you room on the Grazing Range for so many cattle?"
"Not without crowding—"
"You mean crowding the sheepmen, off," she said.