He was never too busy to throw out a word to his faithful friend;
indeed, they had reached a cooeperative basis so far as the two properties
were concerned, and the arrangement could not have worked out better. The
ranches touched each other, and after Jasper Hardy's death a year and a
half before, it seemed wise to form a sort of partnership. There was no
need of a written understanding; the two men simply said to each other that
they would do certain things, install certain improvements, and share
expenses and profits. Nothing on paper for them! No, siree, said "Red." He
wouldn't hear of it. And everything had been as amicable as possible.
It was curious to see the change in Uncle Henry since the arrival of little
Pancho. Gilbert got him a brand-new wheel chair--sent all the way to
Phoenix for it--to celebrate the great event; and Uncle Henry loved
nothing better than to take the chap on his knee and give him a ride in the
courtyard whenever Lucia would trust him to his care. He never complained
now. He was deliriously happy, and with the new era of prosperity that had
struck the household, he was given a Mexican boy as his own personal
attendant, and he grew to take a kindly interest in him.
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