"I won't, eh? Why shouldn't I?"
"Because Farnsworth did not murder Miss Mowbray."
"Then who did?"
"I don't know; probably the Japanese, but I'm not too sure of that. I believe you will pick up a surprise at the end of the string you are following. At any rate, me for Farnsworth, and I give you fair warning that I'm going to help him all I can until I am persuaded of his guilt."
"That's a fine way for a deputy United States marshal to talk."
"A better way than you are talking, for it is as much our duty to protect men from injustice as it is to bring them to justice."
"That's enough of you for me then. I'll say good night. Come on, boys."
The four deputy United States marshals marched in single file from the house, mounted their horses, and rode away into the west just as the sun poked its head above the eastern horizon.