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Updated: June 1, 2025
Glendin stood dazed, his face mottled with a sick pallor. Then he moved automatically toward the bar. Murphy hobbled down the length of the room on his wooden leg and placed bottle and glass before the deputy. "Well?" he queried. Glendin poured his drink with a shaking hand, spilling much liquor across the varnished wood. He drained his glass at a gulp. "I dunno; what d'you think, Murphy?"
Young muttered at the ear of Glendin: "Is it possible, Deputy Glendin, that you're going to use these fellows?" "A thief to catch a thief," whispered Glendin in reply. He said aloud: "Butch, I've been looking for you for a long time, but I really never expected to see you quite as close as this."
He said in a rising tone: "What d'you know?" "I don't think you really care to hear it. To put it lightly, Glendin, you've done many things for money. I don't accuse you of them. But if you want to do one thing more, you can make more money at a stroke than you've made in all the rest." With all his soul the deputy was cursing Nash, but now the thing was done, and he must see it through.
"But Duffy will press no claim," said the rancher eagerly. "I'll see to that. I'll pay him ten times the value of his horse. Glendin, you can't punish a man for a theft of which Duffy will not complain." "Drew, you know what the boys on the range think of a hoss thief. It ain't the price of what they steal; it's the low-down soul of the dog that would steal it. It ain't the money.
"Want me to let him wander around loose and kill another man in self-defence?" "I want you to use reason and mercy, Glendin! "From what I've heard, you ain't the man to talk of mercy, Mr. Drew." The other, as if he had received a stunning blow, slipped into a chair and buried his face in his hands.
"Drink?" "Nope. I said I came on business." "What kind?" "Bard." "I thought so." "I want a posse." "What's he done?" "Killed Calamity Ben at Drew's place, started a fire that near burned the house, and lifted Duffy's hoss." Glendin whistled softly. "Nice little start." "Sure, and it's just a beginnin' for this Bard." "I'll go out to Drew's place and see what he's done."
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