human
Well, what if it is?
gpt
Oh, nothin', Purdy answered with a show of indifference,
human
Thinkin', mebbe, to slip over an' pull a hold-up?
gpt
Well, they's more _dinero_ in one haul there than they is in a half a dozen horse raids. Pete, here, he says he knows about handlin' soup.
human
Be'n talkin' it over, eh? there was a sneer in Grimshaw's voice.
gpt
Figure because you've helped pull off a few good horse deals, you're a regular outlaw? Want to tackle banks, an' express boxes? The horse game's got too slow, eh? Tired of follerin' my lead?
human
Hell--no! We thought, maybe, you'd----
gpt
Thought I'd turn bank robber, eh? Thought I'd quit a game where I hold all the aces, an' horn in on one where I don't hold even a deuce to draw to? Bitin' off more'n he c'n chaw has choked more'n one feller. Right here in Choteau County they's some several of 'em choked out on the end of a tight one, because they overplayed their hand. I'm a horse-thief--an' a damn good one. You fellers is good horse-thieves, too--long as you've got me to do yer thinkin'. My business is runnin' off horses an' sellin' 'em--an' I ain't holdin' up no banks fer a side line. If I ain't able to pull a bank job, how in hell be you forty-dollar-a-month cow hands goin' to do it? So don't go lettin' me hear any more of that talk. He paused and looked his hearers over with narrowed eyes:
human
An' if any of you feel like trying it on yer own hook--if you don't git away with it, the sheriff'll git you--an' if you do, I'll git you--so, take yer pick.