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It was someone who knew where the idol was, too he'd been diggin' for it." "I reckon you've got me," said Toban. "Sharp an' Telza an' you an' Betty is the only one's that ever saw the diagram. I saw you pick it up from where Telza dropped it when I was maulin' him. I know you didn't do any diggin' for the idol; I know Betty wouldn't; an' Sharp's dead, an' Telza's in jail "
I reckon I'm goin' somewhere now, an' so I can say what I like. Taggart ain't no friend of mine neither of them. They've played me dirt more than once. My name's Al Sharp. You know that Tom Taggart was as deep in that idol business as your dad was. He told me. But he's got Telza soft-soaped into thinkin' that Betty Clayton's folks snaked it from Telza's people.
Both kneeled over the prone figure and Calumet pointed to the haft of a knife that was buried deep in the body near the heart. "Telza's," said Calumet, as he examined the handle. "I dropped it here the other night; the night Sharp was killed." "Correct," said Toban; "I saw you drop it." He smiled at the quick, inquiring glance Calumet gave him.
He stole a horse an' come in this direction. Got an hour's start of me!" Calumet laughed shortly and turned to the new-made excavation, making a thorough examination of it. At its bottom was a square impression, a mold such as would be left by the removal of a box. Calumet stood up and grinned at Toban. "The idol's gone," he said. "Telza's got it.
As the latter was speaking to Bernse, Calumet stood before Betty, who, with Bob, had moved to the sitting-room door and was standing, pale, her eyes moist and brilliant with the depth of her emotions. Briefly, he told her what he had found in the clearing. "And the idol's gone," he concluded. "Telza's got it." "Thank God!" she exclaimed, devoutly.
His interest was intense. A Toltec! Telza was of the race from whom his father and Taggart had stolen the idol. He leaned closer to the man. "Are Telza an' Taggart friends?" he asked. "Friends!" The man's weak laugh was full of scorn. "Taggart's stringin' him. Telza's lookin' for an idol all gold an' diamonds, an' such. Worth thousands. Taggart set Telza on Betty Clayton."
I saw you come, but I wasn't figgerin' on makin' any explanations for my bein' around the Lazy Y at that time of the night, an' besides I saw the Taggarts sneakin' up on you. While they was gassin' to you I had one knee on Telza's windpipe an' my rifle pointin' in the general direction of the Taggarts, figgerin' that if they tried to start anything I'd beat them to it.
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