"Don't you git the mail?"
"Harve Crose leaves it as he goes by, an' you know it, Overshine."
"She ain't had a letter from him in more'n a week," volunteered the postmaster. "He don't write very reg'lar here of late."
"Does the gover'ment hire you to tell who gits letters through this office an' when they git 'em?" demanded Crawley, sharply. Jim hitched back in his chair nervously.
"Why, they ain't no harm in that," explained he.
"You talk too much fer a job like this, Jim," said Crawley.
There followed a few moments of silence.
"One of Grimes' men says you morgidged your team to the old man," began Overshine.
"Which one of Grimes' men said that?" asked 'Gene, quietly.
"Why, I—er—lemme see, who did say it?" floundered Link, in distress.