Toothpick, Sam Hogg, and Tom Powers watched the two by the fire.
“Look at that runt,” Sam Hogg said. “Laughin’ his head off, an’ in an hour he’s goin’ to pull a stunt that he ain’t got a Chinaman’s chance in.”
“He’s sure got nerve,” Tom Powers agreed.
“He’s darned sure to cash in, an’ he’s laughin’.” Sam Hogg shook his head.
“That’s why he’s laughin’,” Toothpick said heavily.
“Yuh mean——”
“I know the little cuss. He tole me once, if yuh sit in a game and is dealt two-spots, yuh can’t quit until the Lord cashes yuh in.”
“I dunno,” Tom Powers said thoughtfully. “If I’d been on the dodge for ten years, maybe I’d feel the same.”
“And the gal?” Sam Hogg asked.
“She knows,” Toothpick said. “She knows everything. She’s plumb bright. That day he gets throwed off the train she knows him pronto, and he has me fooled complete.”