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But curiosity became suspicion and suspicion conviction, when Kate, as white as the alabastine wall behind her, admitted that she and Mormon Joe had quarreled the night before the murder, and over money; that she knew how to set a trap-gun and had set them frequently for mountain lions; that she could ride forty miles in a few hours if necessary.
There was something about her that invited it," he added reflectively, "the way she held her head up, as if she defied them to do their worst, and," chuckling, "they did." Prentiss thrust a forefinger inside his collar and gave it a tug as though it choked. "This Mormon Joe what became of him?" The gleeful light went out of Toomey's face. "He was killed in a shack down here." "How?" "A trap-gun."