"If you could do that!" said the woman, with great eagerness. "He is the great stumbling-block."
"That's right. With him out of the way, taking the mine would be easy."
"Is there no way this can be done before you try to seize the mine?"
"He keeps pretty close to it. If he could be caught by himself. I have had my hands upon him twice, and he has slipped me both times. Next time he will not!"
"Next time——"
"An accident will happen to him," assured Bill, with deadly meaning. "That will be the simplest method."
"You are right!" she said, in a whisper. "If that could happen——"
"Would you pay the money?"
"I would. Understand, I make no bargain with[Pg 198] you for such a thing, but that mine must be torn from him somehow. I have with me some money."
Cimarron Bill understood her well, and he nodded.