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"We'll get to the house right after dawn," he was saying, "because that's the time when most men are so thick-headed with sleep that " "Not Whistling Dan Barry," said one of the men, shaking his head. "He won't be thick-headed. Remember, I seen him work in Elkhead, when he slipped through the hands of a roomful of us."
A travelling drummer or a patent medicine man had offered Pale Annie a handsome stake to simply go about with him and lend the sanction of his face to the talk of the drummer, but Pale Annie had discovered a veritable philosopher's stone in Elkhead and he was literally turning whiskey into gold.
"Just one word explains it," said Haines. "Barry!" "What did he do?" This from every throat at once. There was a general loosening of bandanas. The eyes of Jim Silent gleamed. "And all Elkhead knows that he's the man who took you out of jail?" he asked eagerly. "Right. He's put his mark on them," responded Haines, "but the girl, Jim!" "By God!" said Silent. "I've got him!
Nothing but the coin I give you to hire someone at every stop to have that hoss you've left ready for me. Better still, if you can have 'em, get a fresh hoss. Would they trust you with hosses that way, Gary?" "Gimme the coin and where they won't trust me I'll pay cash." "I can do it. It'll about bust me, but I can do it." "You going to try for a record between Brownsville and Elkhead, eh?
"Busted jail with Lee Haines!" breathed Buck. "It ain't no ways nacheral. Which Dan hates Lee Haines!" "He was bought off by Jim Silent," said old Sam. "They opened a letter in Elkhead, an' the letter told everything. It was signed "J.S." an' it thanked Dan for gettin' "L.H." free." "It's a lie!" said Buck doggedly. "Buck! Sam!" cried Mrs.
This was the season of grass, but not the dark, rank green of rich soil and mild air it was a yellowish green, a colour at once tender and glowing. It spread everywhere across the plains about Elkhead, broken here and there by the projecting boulders which flashed in the sun. So a great battlefield might appear, pockmarked with shell-holes, and all the scars of war freshly cut upon its face.
Lee Haines is behind the bars in Elkhead. Whistlin' Dan put him there an' maybe the girl c'n persuade Dan to bring him out again. If she don't then everything the lynchin' gang does to Haines we're goin' to do to you. Git down on your ol' knees, Cumberland, an' beg your daughter to save your hide!" The head of Kate dropped down. "Untie his hands," she said. "I'll talk with Dan."
"'You've come a damn long ways, says he. "'Sure, says I, 'that's one reason I'm so dry. Will you liquor, pal? "He looked like he needed a drink, all right. He begun loosening his shirt collar. "'Thanks, but I ain't drinkin', says he. 'Look here, Shorty, are you loco to come ridin' into Elkhead this way? "'I'm jest beginnin' to think maybe I am, says I.
Silent's expression changed and he leaned a little closer. "It's the nineteenth. Train number 89. Savvy? Seven o'clock at Elkhead!" "How much? Same bunch of coin?" "Fifty thousand!" "That's ten more." "Yep. A new shipment rolled in with the old one. No objections?" Silent grinned. "Any other news, Lee?" "Shorty told you about Tex Calder?" "He did. Seen him around here?"
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