The two rode for a while in silence.
“Yuh know Jack is sure strong for the law. Hell, I wish I knew if that gun of his was really empty!”
CHAPTER XVIII
THE LONG TRAIL
Jim Allen and his companion kept their horses at a gallop for a mile or so, then realizing there was no pursuit, they pulled them down to a fast walk.
“That’s the seventh town, since we hit New Mex, that we had to leave suddenlike,” Slivers growled.
Jim-twin Allen started singing:
“Oh, I’m a Texas cowboy,
Far away from home.
I longed to be an outlaw
And——”