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Rathburn had dinner that night at the hotel, and it was during the course of a number of pleasantries with the waitress, who thought he was looking for work, that he ascertained that Sautee had a little two-room building at the lower end of the street, the front half of which served as an office and the rear half as living quarters. At nine o'clock he went to his room.
This gun an' I work together like clock ticks when necessary. I'll have to ask you to fork over the money that you drew from the bank an' that should have been in that package, Sautee." Rathburn's eyes had narrowed and hardened; his words were cold and menacing deadly in their absolute sincerity. "What what do you mean?" stammered the mines manager.
Sautee asked seriously, leaning over the table and looking at Rathburn searchingly. "You said last night you were a good guesser." "But I didn't say I was good at riddles," drawled Rathburn. Sautee leaned back. For a moment there was a gleam of admiration in his eyes. Then they narrowed slightly. "The Dixie Queen has been robbed four times within the last year," he said soberly.
"Well, you had him in jail last night, and you can probably get him again, if you start right out after him." "What makes you think this fellow Rathburn is The Coyote?" demanded Mannix. "Carlisle knows him by sight, and he told me." "Then why didn't you tell me?" the deputy asked sternly. "Because Carlisle didn't tell me until after I told him what I'd done," Sautee evaded.
"Will you come to breakfast with me, Mr. Rathburn?" Rathburn took the hand with a curious side glance at Mannix. "I'm powerful hungry," he confessed; "an' I don't reckon I'd be showing the best of manners if I balked at havin' breakfast with the man that got me out of jail." "Quite right," admitted Sautee, winking at the deputy. "Well, perhaps I have my reasons.
"I'm not only goin' to prove what I've said so far, but I'm goin' to prove that these robberies were a put-up job between you an' Carlisle, with somebody helping you," said Rathburn. "I've been in the mining game myself, Sautee, but in our country men spend their lives hunting metal to make some bunch of stockholders rich.
Looking backward and downward, he could see the posses gathering in the street of the mine village. He sensed the excitement which had followed the sudden disappearance of Sautee and smiled grimly. He saw that the automobile from the hogback had reached the village. Scores of men were clustered about it. He knew Mannix was taking personal charge of the man hunt; but there was a chance to get away!
"I'm going to hire, or, rather, I'm going to try to hire a man I believe is just as tough, just as clever, just as quick with his gun as the men who've been robbing the Dixie Queen. I'm going to hire him to carry the money to the mine!" "So that's why you got me out of jail," said Rathburn, drawing the inevitable tobacco and papers from his shirt pocket. "Yes!" whispered Sautee eagerly.
He tossed the automatic on the desk. "All right, we'll get goin'," he announced, indicating the open door. "We'll have to hurry, for I take it you've sent for somebody from the mine." "Where are we going?" asked Sautee without moving. "We're goin' for a little mornin' walk, if you act reasonable," replied Rathburn. "That was my intention. But if you don't want to go "
"Tell him!" he commanded in a voice which stung like the crack of a whip on still air. "I I had a hand in the business," said Sautee frantically. "It was Carlisle and me. We we framed the robberies." Mannix's eyes narrowed. "Tell him where I got that money last night," Rathburn thundered. "Tell him, Sautee, or, so help me, I'll drill a hole through you!"
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