noon
Every man that rode out openly to make a protest was referred calmly to Rebstock , and before very long Rebstock 's cabin had more men around it than had been seen together in the Cache for years . The impression that the whole jig was up , and that the refugees had been sold out by their own boss , was one that no railroad man undertook to discourage . The cowboys insisted on the cattle , with the assurance that Rebstock could explain everything . By noon the Cache was in an uproar . The cowboys were riding carefully , and their guards , rifles in hand , were watching the corners . Ahead of the slowly moving line with the growing bunch of cattle behind it , flourished as it were rather conspicuously , fugitive riders dashed back and forth with curses and yells across the narrow valley . If it had been Whispering Smith 's intention to raise a large-sized row it was apparent that he had been successful .