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Updated: May 4, 2025
For "yets" and "ifs" and "howevers" had already begun to intrude, befogging many a consideration hitherto clear as cut glass. He had not lied about a horse being shot under him; he had been party to Blenham's departure from the ranch; he had been man enough in Red Creek to whip Joe Woods; and, single-handed, he had driven a crew of rough-and-ready timberjacks off his property.
If he wasn't he wouldn't of tied into a game of buckin' you; he wouldn't of played seven-an'-a-half like he did in at the Ace of Diamonds; he wouldn't of took them long chances tacklin' Woodsy's timberjacks before breakfas'. Scrapper an' gambler. That's tally one an' two." The old man frowned heavily, his teeth remaining tight clamped on his pipestem as he cried sharply: "That's it!
But he could ride back to the ranch, gather up a dozen men, put guns into their hands, be back here in the matter of a couple of hours. He saw the timberjacks as one by one they came out into the clearing by the cook's shack; counted them as they went in.
The new sun in his eyes, Steve drew his hat low down on his forehead and looked curiously about him. The timberjacks had come only recently; so much was obvious. They had come to stay; that was as plainly to be seen.
At a logging-camp well up on the slope of the mountains just after he had forded the upper waters of Packard's Creek, he breakfasted on warmed-over coffee and greasy hot cakes. He opened his eyes interestedly as he watched a gang of timberjacks cutting into a forest of his pines. "Old man Packard's crowd?" he asked the camp cook. "Sure thing," was the cook's careless answer.
Then, Packard had followed Blenham to the logging-camp; he had tackled the crowd headed by Joe Woods; he had come remarkably close to killing Woods; he had broken up the camp and sent the timberjacks on their way. He had had a horse killed under him; he had quarrelled with his grandfather; he was standing on his own feet. In brief "He's a sure enough, out an' out Packard!" they said of him.
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