human
All right, then--he'll take it where he gits it! The others waited.
gpt
It's this way, he explained,
human
The men looked from one to the other, uneasily.
gpt
It's better this way anyhow, announced Purdy,
human
We're all in the gang, muttered the man who had asked Purdy where he had been,
gpt
Not by a damn sight! If I did, what would keep you from double-crossin' me, an' goin' after him yerselves. All you got to do is be here tomorrow noon--then we'll cut the cards to see who does the trick.
human
I overplayed my hand when I made Cinnabar sore, he muttered.
gpt
But he'll come around in a week. Trouble is, I've took too much on. Cass an' Bill'll git theirn tomorrow night, that'll give me time to git organized, an' horn the pilgrim out of his five thousan', an' git it over with by the twentieth when old McWhorter's due fer his lonesome jag, an' then fer three days I'll have my own way with the girl--an' when I've had her fer three days--she'll never go back! A sudden thought struck him, and he pulled up and gazed toward Red Sand while a devilish gleam played in his narrowed eyes.
human
Gawd, he muttered,
gpt
he cried, suddenly,
human
I'll clean 'em all! I'm smarter'n the whole mess of 'em. I'm a killer! I'm the last of the loboes! Cass depended on friends, but me--the name of Purdy'll chill their guts!
gpt
Not this mornin', old hand, he said, soothingly,