She knew cowboys.
As well try to change the rocks of the hills! "Boys, the day you leave White Slides will be a sad one for me," sighed Columbine.
"Miss Collie, we 'ain't gone yet," put in Lem, with awkward softness.
"Jim has long hankered fer Wyomin' an' he jest talks thet way." Then the cowboys turned to the business in hand.

Jim removed the saddle, but left the bridle on.

This move, of course, deceived Whang.

He had been broken to stand while his bridle hung, and, like a horse that would have been good if given a chance, he obeyed as best he could, shaking in every limb.

Jim, apparently to hobble Whang, roped his forelegs together, low down, but suddenly slipped the rope over the knees.