Zane Grey

The Rainbow Trail illustrated Zane Grey

"Yes. He wanted to stay, and I had work there that'll keep him awhile. Shefford, we got news of Shad--bad news. The half-breed's cutting up rough. His gang shot up some Piute's over here across the line. Then he got run out of Durango a few weeks ago for murder. A posse of cowboys trailed him. But he slipped them. He's a fox. You know he was trailing us here. He left the trail, Nas Ta Bega said. I learned at Stonebridge that Shad is well disposed toward Mormons. It takes the Mormons to handle Indians. Shad knows of this village and that's why he shunted off our trail. But he might hang down in the pass and wait for us.