THE CLEAN-UP The Wolf Saloon was in a big frame building that stood at a little distance from the back of the street, with a wide, open space on each side of it.

Lights were flickering from some of the upstairs windows of the building when Shorty and the other Circle L men reached town.

Shorty and his men had ridden hard, and they had seen a horse and rider halt in front of the building while they were yet a mile or so out on the plains.

And when Shorty's horse struck the edge of town Shorty headed him straight for the Wolf, veering when he reached it and passing to the open space from which ran an outside stairway.

The other men followed Shorty's example, and they were close at his heels when he slipped off his horse and ran around to the front of the Wolf.
Warden had come out shortly before; he was now in his office farther down the street, congratulating himself upon the outcome of the incident in the saloon.