human
Comin' back to you and Dan, we was all of us sayin' that you and Dan kind of had an eye for each other. I s'pose we was all wrong. You see, that was back in the days before Dan busted loose. When he was about the range most usually he was the quietest man I ever sat opposite to barrin' one--and that was a feller that went west with a bum heart at the chuck table! Ha, ha, ha! The marshal's laughter boomed through the big room as he recalled this delightful anecdote. He went on:
gpt
But after that Jim Silent play we all changed our minds, some. D'you know, doc, I was in Elkhead the night that Dan got our Lee Haines?
human
I've never heard of the episode,
gpt
You ain't? Well, I be damned!--askin' your pardon, Kate----But you sure ain't lived in these parts long! Which you wouldn't think one man could ride into a whole town, go to the jail, knock out two guards that was proved men, take the keys, unlock the irons off'n the man he wanted, saddle a hoss, and ride through a whole town--full of folks that was shootin' at him. Now, would you think that was possible?
human
Certainly not.
gpt
And it _ain't_ possible, I'm here to state. But they was something different about Dan Barry. D'you ever notice it, Kate?
human
No, I guess you never would have noticed it. You was livin' too close to him all the time to see how different he was from other fellers. Anyway, he done it. They say he got plugged while he was ridin' through the lines and he bled all the way home, and he got there unconscious. Is that right, Kate?
gpt
Funny thing about that, too. The place where he come to was Buck Daniels' house. Well, Buck was one of Jim Silent's men, and they say Buck had tried to plug Dan before that. But Dan let him go that time, and when Buck seen Dan ride in all covered with blood he remembered that favour and he kept Dan safe from Jim Silent and safe from the law until Dan was well. I seen Buck this morning over to Rafferty's place, and----