money in that purse. Don't be foolish. Take the money
I leave you, and, when you're back on your feet, I know
that you'll repay it at your own leisure.
And here's best luck to you and the girl.
HENRY ALLISTER.
Andrew lifted the chamois sack carelessly, and out of its mouth tumbled a stream of gold. One by one he picked up the pieces and replaced them; he hesitated, and then put the sack in his pocket. How could he refuse a gift so delicately made?
A broken kitchen knife had been thrust through a bit of the paper on the box. He read this next:
Your hoss is known. So I'm leaving you one in place
of the pinto. He goes good and he dont need no spurring
but when you come behind him keep watching