On the other hand, was this arrangement fair to Joanne, even though it gave him the chance to square up accounts with Quade?
He stopped abruptly, and faced the station.

All at once there swept upon him a realization of how blind he had been, and what a fool he had almost made of himself.

Blackton was one of the contractors who were working miracles in the mountains.

He was a friend who would fight for him if necessary.

Mrs.Blackton, who preferred to be on the firing line with her husband than in her luxurious city home, was the leader of all that was decent and womanly in Tete Jaune.