human
Notice anything interesting about them?
gpt
Yes, Winthrop answered grimly;
human
That's just how it seemed to me, exclaimed Drakesford.
gpt
They're coming from southward, and if they'd left the trunk line soon after the Vancouver train came in they would get here about now. They could have borrowed horses from the rancher near the station.
human
They're troopers, sure, he said at length.
gpt
The short one looks like Corporal Slaney, who's out after me; and they'll be in before I could catch either of my horses. I turned them out in the soft grass some way back in the coul嶪.
human
You have got to do something, declared Watson,
gpt
They'd sure search the coul嶪, and, except for that, there isn't cover for a coyote for a league or two. It won't be dark for half an hour yet, and they'd ride me down in three or four minutes in the open.
human
I haven't a gun of any kind.
gpt
That's fortunate, said Drakesford.
human
What do you want a gun for, anyway? Plugging one of the troopers wouldn't help you.