“You won’t change your mind?”
“Your arguments don’t justify it, Cass.”
The sheepman looked at him with a sinister significance. “Good enough. I’ll bring you one that will justify it muy pronto.”
“It will have to be a mighty powerful one. Sorry I can’t oblige you and your friend, the convict.”
“It’ll be powerful enough.” Fendrick went to the door and called Blackwell. “Bring back that horse. I’m going down to the valley.”
CHAPTER X
CASS FENDRICK MAKES A CALL
Kate was in her rose garden superintending the stable boy as he loosened the dirt around the roots of some of the bushes. She had returned to the Circle C for a day or two to give some directions in the absence of her father. Buck and the other riders came to her for orders and took them without contempt. She knew the cattle business, and they knew she knew it. To a man they were proud of her, of her spirit, her energy, and her good looks.