"Right. It leaves the debt on my side, and you know I've never dodged an I.O.U. Drew may talk queer. He'll tell you that Bard done all that work in self-defence."
"Did he?"
"The point is he killed a man and stole a hoss. No matter what comes of it, he's got to be arrested, don't he?"
"And shot down while 'resistin' arrest'? Steve, I'd hate to have you out for me like this."
"But you won't listen to Drew?"
"Not this one time. But, Lord, man, I hate to face him if he's on the warpath. Who'll you take with you?"
"Shorty, of course. He was Calamity Ben's pal. The rest will be—don't laugh—Butch Conklin and his gang."
"Butch!"
"Hold yourself together. That's what I mean—Butch Conklin."
"After you dropped him the other night?"