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While Lefingwell had been talking two of the Vigilantes had slipped to the rear of Trevison. As Lefingwell concluded they leaped. The arms of one man went around Trevison's neck; the other man lunged low and pinned his arms to his sides, one hand grasping the pistol and wrenching it from his hand. The crowd closed again.
Had it not been for the agreement he had made with Jim Lefingwell the previous spring, Lawler might also have accepted Gary Warden's price rather than face the hazards of the long drive to Red Rock. Warden's attitude, however, his arrogance, and the hostile dislike in his eyes, had aroused in Lawler a cold contempt for the man.
I was kicking myself for making that agreement with Lefingwell at thirty. But I intended to keep my word with him. But I feel mighty free, now, to sell where I can get the market price." "Twenty-five is the market price," said Warden. "Just before the round-up there was some nervousness, it is true; and some buyers were offering forty and they contracted for some at that price.
"There's knavery here, my boy; there's some sort of influence behind Lindman. Let's see some of the other owners who are likely to be affected." This task took them two days, and resulted in the discovery that no other owner had secured a deed to his land. Lefingwell explained the omission. "A sale is a sale," he said; "or a sale has been a sale until now.
He looked straight at Lawler, his face expressionless except for the slight smile that tugged at the corners of his mouth which might have been indicative of vindictiveness or triumph. "Thirty," smiled Lawler. "That was the price Lefingwell agreed to pay." Warden appeared to be blandly amused. "Lefingwell agreed to pay thirty, you say? Well, Lefingwell always was a little reckless.
"Singleton," he said, his voice thick and throaty; "when I stepped into Jim Lefingwell's boots the county board of education appointed me to succeed Lefingwell as school commissioner for Willets. It strikes me that something ought to be done about the teacher punishing your boy. I think I had better have a talk with her." "Shucks," growled Singleton; "I reckon the kid deserved what he got.
That's why my company asked for his resignation. But if you have a written contract with Lefingwell in which it appears that Lefingwell acted for the company, why, of course we'll have to take your stock at the contract price. Let me see it, if you please." "There was no written contract; I had Jim Lefingwell's word which was all I ever needed." "Lefingwell's word," smiled Warden.
"What was it you said to Warden one day, when Warden refused to keep that agreement you made with Lefingwell? Oh, don't look at me that way that conversation has been printed all over the state. I saw to that. How did I hear of it? Somebody must have talked, Lawler. It wasn't you. You remember what you told Warden?
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