"Guess about all I need now is a big pull on thet bottle.

Help me, will you?
There! thet was bully.

I ain't swallowin' my blood this evenin'.

Mebbe I've bled all there was in me." While Duane got a hurried meal for himself, packed up the little outfit, and saddled the horses Stevens kept on talking.

He seemed to be in a hurry to tell Duane all about the country.