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With: Ben, Clay, Zeke and Bannister
Time of Day: Morning.

Three men stood in the living room at Evergreen Ranch in slickers. “Trip was easy, using the boys from Whitefish was a waste of their time. No body gave us any guff about the new county, nor did them seem to care that Case would be the law.” Ben Steelgrave stated with some disdain, not because the had made a long ride, but because there had been no resistance.

“You rode al the way to Columbia Falls without incident?” Elias questioned. “Not one dissenter in the lot?”

“No Pa, not a single one.” Clay responded. “It was like they welcomed the change, no cusin’ under the breath, no hard looks, nothin’ like we expected.”

Zeke smiled, “No excuse to shoot any of ‘em. So the boundaries are set. Columbia Falls was a bit concerned about what is happening, but once we let ‘em know it wasn’t going to effect them, well, that was pretty much that.”

“Hard to believe, but we’ll see how it goes from here on out.” Elias said, cautiously relieved for the lack of trouble and at the same time disappointed that there had been no show of force, something he was used to. “Well, you boys head on out.” He opened a box on the table had produced a bag of coins, tossing it to Ben. “You deserve time off. Go.”

There were murmurs of thanks as the three left the room and left the house for a wet ride to Whitefish and some fun.

Elias had other things on his mind. “Santee!” He called out once the door was closed. The hired gun walked into the room. “You ride for Kalispell and bring back Miss Steelgrave and Bannister. Enough of her lollygagging around down there.”

“Yes sir, on my way." Santee stated.