"Why, that kid, Overton, knew one of the gang—one, at least—all the time. Yet Overton shot his old-time friend. And Overton knew all along where the bunch was hiding. And did you hear how neatly he led Corporal Cotter right to the cave of the gang? Now if that don't prove——"
Hyman promptly knocked Hooper down.
"It proves, Bill," growled Hyman, "that you're so fond of lying that you don't know the truth when you hear it."
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
TIP BRANDERS recovered.
So did the leader of the gang with which Tip had foolishly cast his evil lot down in Pueblo, when he had first come west after robbing his mother. The man wounded in the neck had been at no time in a dangerous condition.
Not much sympathy need be wasted on Tip. He had chosen his own place in life, and had filled it.