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When he thought of his rangers and Thorne and Mercedes he certainly never forgot his horse . He wondered if Diablo was running , walking , resting ; if Yaqui was finding water and grass . In March , with the short desert winter over , the days began to grow warm . The noon hours were hot , and seemed to give promise of the white summer blaze and blasting furnace wind soon to come . No word was received from the rangers . But this caused Belding no concern , and it seemed to him that his women folk considered no news good news . Among the many changes coming to pass in Forlorn River were the installing of post-office service and the building of a mescal drinking-house .