"Busted?" Parker asked.
"Cleaned!" Maguire answered.
"Goin' to rebuild?"
"Yep. And you?"
"Sartin. Sure. Soon as I can get the lumber and a loan."
"Put her there, pard."
Their hands met with a smack.
"That's the spirit of San Francisco," Ridley remarked. "Well we've learned a lesson. Next time we'll be ready for this sort of thing. Broderick's planning already for an engine company."
"I reckon," Adrian commented as he joined the group, "a vigilance committee is what we need even more."
To this Benito made no answer. Into his mind flashed a memory of the trio that had left Thieves' Hollow at daybreak.