But as man to man I tell you--I never did a low-down trick in my life....

Never but once." "An' what was thet ?" queried the rancher, gruffly.
"I killed a man who was innocent," replied Wade, with quivering lips, "an'-- an' drove the woman I loved to her death." "Aw! we all make mistakes some time in our lives," said Belllounds, hurriedly.

"I made 'most as big a one as yours--so help me God!..." "I'll tell you--" interrupted Wade.
"You needn't tell me anythin'," said Belllounds, interrupting in his turn.

"But at thet some time I'd like to hear about the Lascelles outfit over on the Gunnison.

I knowed Lascelles.