THREE:Cairness congratulated him with all solemnity, and asked if she were a widow. He was sure she must be, for the gallantry of the West in those days allowed no woman to pass maturity unwed."I've been talking to a fellow down at the Q. M. corral," Landor said, "Englishman named Cairness,Charley Cairness. He's going as a scout. He can't resist war's alarms. He used to be in my troop a few years ago, and he was a first-rate soldierknew his place a good deal better than if he had been born to it, which he very obviously wasn't."
