And after that there was darkness and silence.
That came when he had been put to bed at the Rolling R ranch house, in a guest room that faced north.

A doctor was there, waiting for them when they arrived, because Sudden had telephoned him when he had finished calling for the sheriff.

The boys had told him soberly that Skyrider was bad off, and that his whole head was smashed, and that the flyin' machine was busted all to pieces.

They didn't hardly think it would be worth while getting a doctor to the ranch, because they didn't see how Skyrider was goin' to last long enough for a doctor to git to work on him.

It was a damn shame.