human
Where'd you get this?
gpt
Kane geeve eet to me--he owe me money,
human
What for?
gpt
I lend heem eet.
human
You loaned _him_ money? roared the trail-boss.
gpt
That's likely! Why did he give it to you?
human
This man here saw you sneakin' from Kane's south stable with a smokin' Sharp's in yore hand after you shot Ridley. Trask says you did it. Is _this_ all Kane gave you for that killin'?
gpt
I could no help, protested Miguel, squirming in the trail-boss' grip.
human
W'en Kane he say do theese or that theeng, I mus' do eet. I no want to but I mus'.
gpt
That story you told me down in th' bunkhouse that night about how Bill Long shot Ridley is near word for word what Bill says about th' Greaser, an' Trask's story backs him up. How did you come to know so much about it? Come on, you coyote; spit it out! Who told you what to say? Corwin's silence angered him and he showed his teeth.
human
There's a lynchin' waitin' for you in town, Corwin, if you don't stop it by speakin' up. Who told you that?
gpt
Miguel, he muttered.
human
I told you I was hopin' to get th' real one.
gpt
He lie! I never say to heem one word! shouted the Mexican.
human
He lie! Kane, he was the only one who know like that beside me!
gpt
Stand up, _Sheriff_! snapped McCullough. He searched the sullen prisoner and found two rolls of bills. Going quickly over them he removed and grouped certain of them, and then compared them with his list.
human
There's five here that tally with th' bank's numbers, he said, looking up.
gpt
Where'd you get 'em?
human
Won 'em at faro-bank.
gpt
Won five five-hundred-dollar bills at faro, when everybody knows yo're a two-bit gambler? shouted the trail-boss.
human
I'm no d--d fool! Don't you forget what I said about th' lynchin', Corwin. I'm all that stands between you an' it. Where'd you get 'em? Like Trask said?
gpt
No, he said.
human
Kane gave 'em to me, to get changed into smaller bills!
gpt
Reckon Kane must 'a' robbed that bank all by hisself, sneered McCullough.
human
I never knowed he had diamond drills an' could bust safes. Didn't you go along to protect an' keep an eye on that eastern safe-blower that Kane had come to do th' job? _Pronto!_ Didn't you?
gpt
I had to,
human
Get up, he ordered, and searched the rustler trail-boss.
gpt
By G--d! he exclaimed when he saw the size of the roll.
human
You coyotes was makin' money fast! There's near three thousand here! Let's see how they compare with my list. In a few moments he nodded.
gpt
How'd you get these five-hundred-dollar bills? Kane give 'em to you, too?
human
No, Kane didn't give 'em to me! snapped Roberts in angry contempt.
gpt
I earned 'em as my share of th' bank robbery, along with Corwin, th' white-livered snake! Kane didn't give 'em to either of us. He glared at the one-time sheriff.
human
I'm sayin' plain that if I ever get a chance I'm aimin' to shoot this skunk, along with Trask. You hear me?
gpt
If you ain't got a gun, hunt me up an' I'll lend you one,
human
Shut up! snapped McCullough, glaring at the puncher. Whirling he pushed Roberts away.
gpt
It'll be a long time before you shoot anybody or anythin'. Now, then, he said, stepping up in front of Kane:
human
Get up!