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"Arlie told you the names of some of the boys that were in the

Squaw Creek sheep raid. She made a mistake in telling you

anything, but we'll let that go in the discard. It ain't

necessary that you should know the names of the others, but I'm

going to tell you one of them, Steve."

"No, I don't want to know."

"This is my say-so. His name is Alec Howard."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Alec. I don't know why you have told

me."

"Because I want you to know the facts of that raid, Steve. No

killing was on the program. That came about in a way none of us

could foresee."

"This is how it was, Steve," explained Dick. "Word came that

Campeau was going to move his sheep into the Squaw Creek

district. Sheep never had run there. It was understood the range

there was for our cattle. We had set a dead line, and warned them

not to cross it. Naturally, it made us sore when we heard about

Campeau.