noon
In that bracing atmosphere it was a fine morning for the ride , and I was rapidly crossing the country , when a vehicle , in the dip of the plain , was sighted several miles ahead . I was following no road , but when the driver of the conveyance saw me he turned across my front and signaled . On meeting the rig , I could hardly control myself from laughing outright , for there on the rear seat sat Field and Radcliff , extremely gruff and uncongenial . Common courtesies were exchanged between the driver and myself , and I was able to answer clearly his leading questions : Yes ; the herds would reach Cabin Creek before noon ; the old eagle tree , which could be seen from the first swell of the plain beyond , marked the quarantine camp , and it was the intention to isolate the herds on the South Fork of Cabin . `` Drive on , '' said a voice , and , in the absence of any gratitude expressed , I inwardly smiled in reward . I was detained in Glendive until late in the day , waiting for an acknowledgment of the message . Sheriff Wherry informed me that the only move attempted on the part of the shorthorn drovers was the arrest of Sponsilier and myself , on the charge of being accomplices in the shooting of one of their men on the North Platte .