"Who is there?" she demanded.
"Me—Turkey."
She opened the door. There stood Turkey. Shadowy in the background was Rennie with the horses. She saw that Turkey was armed.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "You look sick. Where's Angus?"
She told him, finding relief in the confidence. Turkey might bring Angus back, or see that no harm befell him. As he listened a hard light came into Turkey's eyes.
"If Angus don't get Blake and Nick Garland, I will," he declared. "But I didn't know they were here. I thought they were with the bunch that did up Braden."
"Did up Braden?"
Turkey nodded. "The French boys—I thought sure Blake was in it, but I guess he couldn't have been—blew open Braden's safe and got away with the whole works. Braden was shot. Dave and I are part of a posse raised to round them up, and I wanted Angus. Braden, before he died, said that Gavin French is the man that shot father."