“I’ve always disliked vendettas. In my opinion, this product of our country is overrated even more than grapefruit, cocktails and honeymoons. However, with your permission, I would like to talk about one vendetta in Indian Territory - a vendetta in which I played the role of reporter, adjutant and non-complicit. I visited Sam Dorkey's ranch and had a lot of fun: fell from unmanicured horses and shook my fist at wolves when they were two miles away. Sam, a seasoned fellow in his mid-twenties, had a reputation for walking home calmly in the dark, although he often did so with great reluctance...”