human
Spang! he whooped.
gpt
Where are you, Spang?
human
Here!
gpt
What you been doing?
human
The dickens is ter pay, an' no mistake! stormed Spang.
gpt
That young cub of a Motor Matt found out whar we'd cached the runabout, an' blamed if he didn't go in an' snake it right out from under Klegg's----
human
Thunder! broke in Brisco.
gpt
Don't you reckon I _saw_ the whelp? He was bearing down on me like a hurricane, slamming the runabout through for all she was worth.
human
He went past here gally-whoopin', answered Spang,
gpt
Depends on who throws the lead,
human
I kin throw it with ary man that walks! But I didn't take time ter throw much. I calculated the runabout would come up ferninst you, Hank, afore it got out o' the valley, an' that King would have ter turn around an' chase back this way. So what does I do but begin pilin' stones whar they'd do the most good. Jest got enough down ter do the biz, an' went ter see what had happened ter Klegg. Great jumpin' sand-hills! What d'ye think that infernal kid done ter him?
gpt
What?
human
Doped him, by thunder! Doped him out er the same bottle we used last night! Klegg's up thar in the notch, dead ter the world!
gpt
What did you leave the hang-out for? roared Brisco angrily.
human
Didn't I tell you, when I left, to stay there with Klegg? If you'd done as I said, this wouldn't have happened.
gpt
I come out ter see if that kid was moseyin' down the valley, was the sullen rejoinder from Spang.
human
Ye said I was ter watch out an' make sure he didn't blunder outer the notch.
gpt
Well, you made sure, didn't you? taunted Brisco.
human
Where'd Legree's kid spring from? How'd he come to be along with King?
gpt
How'd I know? Think I'm a mind-reader?
human
Deuced funny thing! He was with King, and I'd like to know where he came from, and how he got here. There's a nigger in the fence, I'll bet. Where'd those boys go?
gpt
I don't know that, nuther.
human
Did they pass you and go up the valley?
gpt
Nary, they didn't!
human
Then they must be hiding around here somewhere! Let's get 'em. If I lay hands on Motor Matt again he won't get off so easy.