Will Banion caught up his clothing, turned away.
"You are right!" said he. "I have been a brute! Good-by!"
An instant later Molly found herself alone with the exception of her brother.
"You, Jed, what was this?" she demanded.
Jed took a deep and heartfelt chew of plug.
"Well, it was a little argument between them two," he said finally. "Like enough a little jealousy, like, you know--over place in the train, or something. This here was for men. You'd no business here."
"But it was a shame!"
"I reckon so."
"Who started this?"
"Both of them. All we was here for was to see fair. Men got to fight sometimes."