Al arched surprised brows. "Why's he want those two bucks?"
"He's going to expand Crestwood. He said that if he had one or both of those heads to put on the wall, it would be written up in every paper in the state. He said they'd help bring guests."
"Boy, seems to me like you went off half-cocked."
"What do you mean?"
"Thornton's takin' a lot for granted to think that you, or anyone, could get either one of those bucks. But if you wanted to hunt 'em, and if you did get one, 'twould do no harm to give it to him. 'Twould save your job for you."
"That would have been different," Ted said wryly, "but that wasn't what he asked. He wants both bucks before the season opens."
"So?" Al was almost purring. "And you turned him down?"
"That's right."
"You don't aim to change your mind?"
"No."