He can argue that the cattle kills themse'fs--sort o' commits sooicide inadvertent--an' if we-all trades up on him with the beef, he insists on his innocence, an' puts it up that his cuttin' in on the play after said cattle done slays themse'fs injures nobody but coyotes.' "'Doc,' coincides Enright, after roominatin' in silence, 'Doc, the longer I ponders, the more them theories seems sagacious.

That enterprisin' Greaser is jest about killin' my beef an' sellin' it to the entire plaza.

Not only does this ghost play opp'rate to stampede the cattle an' set 'em runnin' cimmaron an' locoed so they'll chase over the cliffs to their ends, but it serves to scare my cow-punchers off the range, which last, ondoubted, this Miguel looks on as a deesideratum.

However, it's goin' to be good an' dark to-night, an' if we-all has half luck I reckons that we fixes him.' "It's full two hours after midnight an' while thar's stars overhead thar's no moon; along the top of the _mesa_ it's as dark as the inside of a jug.

Peets an' Enright is Injunin' about on the prowl for the ghost.