Guardians of the Sage
“Rand wrote he had talked to Vickers, the new agent, and had not got anything further out of him. The man had left for Vale. But he was often up there, and Graham did not consider it had anything to do with the Squaw Valley sale. He concluded in characteristic fashion: “Undoubtedly I’ve been worrying you about nothing at all. So forget it. If I keep on this way I’ll soon be taking in knitting. I’ll manage to keep you posted—about Vickers and not the knitting.”
There was an apparent contradic...tion there that struck Montana at once. He could smile over Graham’s letter, but his fears were not allayed. The days that immediately followed brought no new threat from above the North Fork, and a dozen times Jim wondered if their inactivity had any connection with news from Washington.
Quantrell did not come to the Box C again. One evening Brent rode over to Lance Morrow’s place. He came back with word that Quantrell had been there, talking to the old man.MoreLess
There was an apparent contradic...tion there that struck Montana at once. He could smile over Graham’s letter, but his fears were not allayed. The days that immediately followed brought no new threat from above the North Fork, and a dozen times Jim wondered if their inactivity had any connection with news from Washington.
Quantrell did not come to the Box C again. One evening Brent rode over to Lance Morrow’s place. He came back with word that Quantrell had been there, talking to the old man.MoreLess
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