"Yes, that's going to be our stamping ground, Jack, for some little time to come. My uncle Job Haines has his ranch away over there somewhere or other, in the hazy distance. His partner, another uncle of mine, James Henshaw, is with him in the business--you know my mother was married twice, and this last gentleman is the brother of her first husband, which is how I come to have so many uncles. What d'ye say to resting up a bit here before we start down the grade, Ned?"