“Inside of a quarter of an hour.”
“Will it assist us in any manner?” inquired Darke.
“Yes; it’ll be the makin’ of our job.”
“How?” asked Clancy.
“It’s onsartin,” replied the big hunter. “Accidents is onsartin things; but this one ’ll be sartin to help us if we’re ready to help ourselves. I’ve noticed as how the same accident don’t happen twice, any more’n a boy takes his fust chaw of terbacker twice. ’Tain’t anyways likely this ’ere accident we’ve been waitin’ for ’ll happen more’n onc’t. So we must be ready to take advantage of it jest at the right minit! Now then, how many shots have we got altogether?”
“I’ve got a six-shooter and a rifle, both loaded,” said the scout.
“Seven,” said Leander, counting.
“And I’ve got six,” said Clancy.
“Thirteen,” counted the big hunter.
“And I’ve got two revolvers and a rifle,” said the scout.