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Then he stole noiselessly over to the door and placed an ear against it. Almost instantly he heard a man's voice. He did not recognize it, but the words were sufficiently clear and distinct. There was amusement in them. "So you're stringin' him along all right, then?" said the voice. "I've got to hand it to you you're some clever." "I am merely following instructions." This in Betty's voice.
Hurley works the cards and Diaz covers up the retreat. Can't beat that, can you?" Pierre le Rouge slipped his left hand once more Inside his shirt until the fingers touched the cross. "Nevertheless, that game has to stop." "Who'll say, kid, are you stringin' me, or are you drunk? Look me in the eye!" Pierre turned and looked calmly upon the other.
"I ain't ashamed of it, either," he shot back. "When a man's dealin' with crooks like " He hesitated, and then gave a venomous accent to the words "like you an' Taggart, he can't be over-scrupulous. I was sure listenin'. I heard Taggart ask you if you was still stringin' me. If it hadn't been for that new pup which I just brought Bob I'd have done what I was goin' "
I'd plant fruit-trees an' garden. I'd tear down them old corrals an' barns an' bunk-houses to build new ones. I'd make this old rancho some comfortable an' fine. I'd put in grass an' flowers all around an' bring young pine-trees down from the mountains. An' when all thet was done I'd sit in my chair an' smoke an' watch the cattle stringin' in fer water an' stragglin' back into the valley.
Presently Lee gently nudged Ball and passed a wink to the rest; then all rose and softly tiptoed their way to the kitchen. Comfortably squatted on his heels before the cook's fireplace, Lee quietly observed: "Fellers, I allow it's up to us to hold a inquest on th' remains o' my idee about stringin' Circuit over that thar gal o' his'n.
"I reckon we'd ought to wait an' see how the girl comes out." "Why had we?" demanded a squat puncher from the Keystone. "What difference does it make? If ever any one needed stringin' up, it's the guy here. He's worse than Douglas or any other Injun ever was.
HOW far he'll go I don't know, but I cal'late I'll keep him stringin' along till I find out." He pulled at his beard for a moment and then added: "It's plain enough, of course, that Raish is agent for somebody that wants to buy in that stock. Who 'tis, though, I can't guess. It ain't your Cabot, Bancroft and Cabot crowd, Mr. Bangs. That's plain enough, too."
"Well, I'll bet a hatful o' red apples," said Si, "that them was guerrillas that we saw, and they're makin' for this train. The rebels in Nashville somehow got information to 'em about it." "Them's guerrillas," affirmed Shorty, "sure's the right bower takes the left. None o' our cavalry's stringin' around over the hill-tops. Then, I made out some white horses, which our cavalry don't have.
Hurley works the cards and Diaz covers up the retreat. Can't beat that, can you?" Pierre le Rouge slipped his left hand once more inside his shirt until the fingers touched the cross. "Nevertheless, that game has to stop." "Who'll say, kid, are you stringin' me, or are you drunk? Look me in the eye!" Pierre turned and looked calmly upon the other.
I ain't stringin' you, Buck, an' I am puttin' myself in your hands, like one friend with another. That's right, ain't it?" "That's right, Jimmie. Go ahead." "They had me in the pen, then; you knowed that, Buck?
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