"If he went to Red Oak, he couldn't have been there and back in time, but we don't know that he did go to Red Oak."
"But this gent called Yuma—didn't Miss Penny tell yuh he was still around after Bryant left?"
"Yes."
"So ain't it logical tuh think he might o' kilt Gimlet, jest like Gimlet said, then rid up the mountain, an' killed Rangoon?"
The Lone Ranger could scarcely suppress a smile at the thorough reasoning of his companion. He urged the blond man to continue. "What are you getting at?" he said.
"Me, I ain't nothin' but a cowhand an' ain't been in here long. I ain't had much of anything tuh do yet. I ain't no way important tuh you. Now, if I was tuh tell yuh where you could locate this Yuma yer huntin', would yuh let me go free?"
"But it's Bryant I want."
Yuma became confidential. "Yer wrong."
"Wrong?"