"I dunno," said Sandersen, apparently much perturbed. "They outlawed 'em both, Whitey?"
There was an eagerness in this question so poorly concealed that
Cartwright jerked up his head and regarded Sandersen with interest.
"Both," replied Whitey. "You seem sort of pleased, Sandersen?"
"I knowed that Sinclair would come to a bad end," said Sandersen more soberly.
"Why, I thought they said you cottoned to him when the boys was figuring he might have had something to do with Quade?"
"Me? Well, yes, for a minute. But out at the necktie party, Whitey, I kept watching him. Thinks a lot more'n he says, and gents like that is always dangerous."
"Always," replied Whitey.
"But it's the last time Sinclair'll show his face in Sour
Creek—alive," said Sandersen.
"If he does show his face alive, it'll be a dead face pronto. You can lay to that."
Sandersen seemed to turn this fact over and over in his mind, with immense satisfaction.