Miss Allen offered to do it for him, and was beautifully snubbed.

The Kid may have been just a frightened, lost little boy before he met her--but that was a secret hidden in the silences of the deep canyons.

Now he was a real old cowpuncher, and he was going to take care of Miss Allen because men always had to take care of women.
Miss Allen offended him deeply when she called him Claude.

She was told bluntly that he was Buck, and that he belonged to the Flying U outfit, and was riding down here to help the bunch gather some cattle.

"But I can't find the brakes," he admitted grudgingly.