Stone looked hard at Billy Dime's bandaged arm. "Miguel and Parson Long have a good time also?"
"Stayed to help Overland Red work the claim. Overland Red got hurt a little, doin' somethin'. He's all right now."
"None of the Moonstone boys were injured?"
"Nope. Not a one of us," replied Dime blandly.
Walter Stone's eyes twinkled, but he did not smile. "We will call it a vacation this time, with pay. Tell Williams to step in here, please." And the rancher dismissed his embarrassed and happy punchers with a gesture.
The interview with Williams was not so brief. "The boys came out of it all right?" asked Stone, shaking hands with his old foreman.
"Yes, sir."
"How did you manage that?"
"Didn't. They did."
"Any one—er—of the other side have an accident?"