Lonely Dove
He looked half starved, and probably was.
“It’s a scoundrel named Jake Spoon,” Dish said. “I reckon he’s beguiled her.”
“Oh, so that’s it,” Jasper said. “I believe I’ve heard the name. A pistolero of some kind, ain’t he?”
“I wouldn’t know what he is,” Dish said, in a tone that was meant to let Jasper know he had no great interest in discussing
the matter further. Jasper took the hint and the two of them rode over to the Hat Creek pens in silence, their minds on