"
"Then it was true--as Dale said--that you are not my brother?" said the
girl. She was trying to make her voice sound severe, but only
succeeded in making it quaver.
"I ain't your brother."
"And you came here to try to take the ranch away from me--to steal it?"
He flushed. "You've got four thousand of my money there, ma'am.
You're to keep it. Mebbe that will help to show what my intentions
were. About the rest--your brother an' all--I'll have to tell you.
It's a thing you ought to know, an' I don't know what's been keepin' me
from tellin' you all along.
"Mebbe it was because I was scared you'd take it hard. But since these
sneaks have got to waggin' their tongues it'll have to be told. If you
sit down by the table there, I'll tell you why I done what I did."
She took a chair beside the table and faced him, and, standing before
her, speaking very gently, but frankly, he related what had occurred to
him in the desert. She took it calmly, though there were times when
her eyes glowed with a light that told of deep emotion.
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