BACK FROM THE SIERRA 19

shug took the big cats pelt and folded it into a tight bundle and tied it behind his saddle the looked at his companions" ime going home unless you want me for something else?" " see ya" was all billy said.j.t. waved a lazy hand at him. shug turned his horse and rode out of the clearing headed to the slopes of the dragoons. the two ridrs watche him go then billy turned to j.t." well i sipposewe ought to be as smart. lets go." they kicked up their horses and headed to the ranch house they could see up on the slope of the mountain. for a long ways neither said much. then j.t. looked at billy" do you think we thinned the varmits out?" billy rode a ways then without looking at j.t said" i dont know, maybe the four legged kind, and since we took the rustlers in i havent seen any evidence of the two legged kind, so maybe the word got around"you wanting to quit me" billy asked. " not really but i do want to go to dragoon and check on adele and charlie. ."j.t. said