“I am satisfied you do.”

“I’ll bet that blood never came from old man Monte.”

“Why do you hold that opinion?”

“Murphy would be dead if he lost all that blood.”

“Then he is dead,” said Burt. “Perhaps Bull Blair can give me some information on the subject.”

“Blair wasn’t into it.”

“How do you know?”

“Because I was with him all night, and he did not come here.”

“What did Monte do with that big diamond he took from Cook, here?”

“I don’t know that he took a diamond from any one.”