human
Take it by and large, she said at length,
gpt
Brownsville is as peaceable as most; but just now, stranger, it's all set for a big bust. She turned heavily in her chair and glanced about the room. Then she faced Daniels once more and cupped her hands about her mouth.
human
Stranger, she said in a stage whisper,
gpt
Mac Strann is in town!
human
Don't you know him?
gpt
Nope.
human
Never heard of him?
gpt
Nope.
human
Well, sighed the waitress,
gpt
You don't say, ma'am. And why don't they lock him up?
human
Because he ain't done nothin' yet to be locked up about. That's the way with him. And when he does a thing he always makes the man he's after pull his gun first. Smart? I'll say he's just like an Indian, that Mac Strann!
gpt
But who's he after?
human
The feller that plugged his brother, Jerry.
gpt
Kind of looks like he had reason for a killing, then.
human
Nope. Jerry had it comin' to him. He was always raising trouble, Jerry was. And this time, he pulled his gun first. Everybody seen him.
gpt
He run into a gunman?
human
Gunman? she laughed heartily.
gpt
Partner, if it wasn't for something funny about his eyes, I wouldn't be no more afraid of that gunman than I am of a tabby-cat. And me a weak woman. The quietest lookin' sort that ever come to Brownsville. But there's something queer about him. He knows that Mac Strann is here in town. He knows that Mac Strann is waiting for Jerry to die. He knows that when Jerry dies Mac will be out for a killin'. And this here stranger is just sittin' around and waitin' to be killed! Can you beat that?
human
What did you say there was about his eyes?
gpt
D' you know him?
human
No. But you was talkin' about his eyes?
gpt
I dunno what it is. I ain't the only one that's seen it. There ain't no word you can put to it. It's just there. That's all.
human
It's sort of fire, he suggested.
gpt
Ain't it a kind of light _behind_ his eyes?
human
Fire? she gasped.
gpt
A light _behind_ his eyes? M'frien', are you tryin' to string me?
human
What's his name?
gpt
I dunno.
human
Ma'am, said Daniels, rising hastily.
gpt
Here's a dollar if you'll take me to him.
human
You don't need no guide, she replied.
gpt
Listen to that, will you?
human
That's him, nodded the woman.
gpt
He's always goin' about whistling to himself. Kind of a nut, he is.
human
It's him! cried Buck Daniels.
gpt
It's him!