"They look like mine," replied the cowboy.
"They are yours."
"I'm not denying that."
"I cut them pieces of mud from beside a water-hole over hyar under Gore Peak. We'd trailed the cattle Belllounds lost, an' then we kept on trailin' them, clear to the road that goes over the ridge to Elgeria.... Now Bridges an' Lindsay hyar bought stock lately from strange cattlemen who didn't give no clear idee of their range. Jest buyin' an' sellin', they claimed.... I reckon the extra hoss tracks we run across at Gore Peak connects up them buyers an' sellers with whoever drove Belllounds's cattle up thar.... Have you anythin' more to say?"
"No. Not here," replied Moore, quietly.
"Then I'll have to arrest you an' take you to Kremmlin' fer trial."
"All right. I'll go."
The old rancher seemed genuinely shocked. Red tinged his cheek and a flame flared in his eyes.
"Wils, you done me dirt," he said, wrathfully. "An' I always swore by you.... Make a clean breast of the whole damn bizness, if you want me to treat you white. You must have been locoed or drunk, to double-cross me thet way. Come on, out with it."
"I've nothing to say," replied Moore.