"I was in at the Butte yesterday," he said. "The police have got the men who knocked Farren out, and Flett says they mean to press for a smart penalty. It's about time they made an example of somebody. When I was in, I fixed it up to turn Langside off his holding."
Flora looked up with interest.
"But how had you the power?" George asked.
"The man owes me four hundred dollars for a horse and some second-hand implements I let him have nearly three years ago."
"But he has broken a big strip of his land; it's worth a good deal more than you lent him."
"Just so. He owes everybody money round the Butte. I saw Taunton of the store and the implement man and told them Langside had to quit."
"You seem to have found them willing to agree."
Grant broke into a grim smile.
"What I say to those men goes. Then I've got security; they know I could pull Langside down."
George looked at Flora and was slightly surprised at her acquiescent manner.