CHAPTER III
THE NESTER—AND ANOTHER
"Now about the men, Miss Hunter," said Hepburn. When he reached this subject he looked through the deep window far down the creek and had Jane known him better she might have seen hesitancy with his deliberation, as though he approached the subject reluctantly.
"How many will you need?" she asked.
"Not many yet. Four besides myself. There's seven here now. That is, there'll be six, because one is pullin' out this mornin' of his own accord. We'll need more when the round-up starts, but until then—about June—we can get along. The fewer the better."
"That will be largely up to you. Of course, I will be consulted."
"I guess we'll keep Curtis and Oliver. Then there's Two-Bits—"
"Oh, keep Two-Bits by all means!" she laughed. "I'm in love with him already!"
"All right, we'll keep Two-Bits. As for the other, there's a chance to choose because—"
"Beck; how about him?"