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He hardly looked up as at some signal one of their own ornithopters slid below and the three ambassadors of Rahn prepared to go over the side. But Jacaro snarled out of one corner of his mouth. "These guys are takin' each other's words. Maybe that's all right, but I'm warnin' you, if there's any double-crossin'...." He was gone. The Keeper of Foodstuffs touched Tommy's shoulder.
Is that it?" flushed the ex-foreman of the Lazy S M. "I don't know. It might be Clanton you're double-crossin', or it might be me," said the sheriff with cynical insolence. "But if I'm the bird you've made a poor choice. In case we're ambushed, you'll be in nice, easy reach of my gun." "Do I look like a fool?" snapped Sanders. "I'm out for the dough.
Looks to me like some one else has been doin' some double-crossin' besides me." "Naturally you'd think that," cut in Goodheart dryly. "The facts probably are that Go-Get-'Em Jim, knowin' his friends pretty well, had you watched, found out you called on the sheriff, an' guessed the rest. He's not a fool, you know." "That's right. Git ready an alibi," Sanders snarled.
That's what the last girl done." She wavered, and then blinked her eyes as if she were resolved to shut out the truth. "I asked you to do me a favour, Steve." "And I will. You know that." "I want you to see that Bard gets safe out of this town." "Sure. Nothing I'd rather do." She tilted her head a little to one side and regarded him wistfully. "Are you double-crossin' me, Steve?"
"The girl's double-crossin' you," replied Pearce. With the uttered words he grew pale and agitated. Suddenly Kells appeared to become aware of Joan's presence and that the implication was directed toward her. Then, many and remarkable as had been the changes Joan had seen come over him, now occurred one wholly greater.
"'Cause they was somethin' on that piece of paper you picked up out there that Pony didn't want us to see and I aim to find out what it was." "The number of some dame, most like," said Pino, grinning. "Did you hear him say The Spider went back to his hotel? Well, Pony is double-crossin' somebody. Jest stick around and keep your eye on the door."
"Speak up, Red," replied Kells, with a glinting eye. "I swear there won't be a gun pulled." The other men shifted from one foot to another and there were deep-drawn breaths. Jim Cleve alone seemed quiet and cool. But his eyes were ablaze. "Fust off an' for instance here's one who's double-crossin' you," said Pearce, in slow, tantalizing speech, as if he wore out this suspense to torture Kells.
You'd like that fine, you double-crossin' sidewinder. I'll come with a six-gun. That's how I'll come. An' soon. I'll give you two days to come through. Two days. If you don't hell sure enough will cough." Whatever else could be said about Cunningham he was no coward. He met the raving man eye to eye. "I don't scare worth a cent, Hull. Get out. Pronto.
"Whyfor must I take you there if I tell you where to go?" "You want a good deal for your white alley, Sanders," returned the other contemptuously. "I'm to take all the chances an' you are to drag down the reward. That listens good. Nothin' to it. You'll ride right beside me; then if anything goes wrong, you'll be where I can ask you questions." "Do you think I'm double-crossin' you?
"You see, now, don't you, how he's about hanged himself." "No, pard, I don't. We can't squeal that on him, any more than we can squeal what Collie told us." "Son, you're young in dealin' with crooked men. You don't get the drift of motives. Buster Jack is not only robbin' his father an' hatchin' a dirty trap for you, but he's double-crossin' the rustlers he's sellin' the cattle to.
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