"Probably he did."
"Wouldn't the entrance of his gang to the town excite a great deal of comment and attention if there were no fair?"
"Naturally, as crowds in country towns are unusual."
"Well, I figure it that he knew the fair was in progress here, that he knew the crowd would cloak his entrance of his gang, and they would therefore excite no suspicion."
"That seems to be pretty likely."
"Would you know all the men if you saw them?"
"I believe so–at any rate, I would recognize the old members. He occasionally recruits new men. We have wiped out some of the newer element. I noticed that although some of the old bandits were wounded during our engagement with them, the ones who fell were mostly new men.
"That's the reason they fell perhaps. The older birds had experience enough to keep out of harm's way."
"Well, if any of them happen to go into that bank, you can rest assured that I'll recognize them."
"It's half-past two now, but they haven't materialized yet."