"Lets 'em shine like a fool. I told 'im to clear out with 'em."
"You did right. The brothers in the West must be more careful about handing out tickets. Now trot Red up here and we'll transact a little business."
Leary appeared a moment later and Archie was about to leave the room, but the Governor insisted stoutly that he remain.
"I'm anxious for you and Red to know that I trust both of you fully."
"What's the young brother,—a con?" asked Leary with a glance at Archie.
To be referred to as a confidence man by a gentleman of Leary's professional eminence gave Archie a thrill. The Governor answered by drawing up his sleeves and going through the motions of washing his hands.
"Does the hawk follow fast?" Leary asked, as he proceeded to fill his pipe.
"The shadow hasn't fallen, but we watch the sky," returned the Governor.
The brushing of the hands together Archie interpreted as a code sign signifying murder and the subsequent interchange of words he took to be inquiry and answer as to the danger of apprehension. He felt that Leary's attitude toward him became friendlier from that moment. There was something ghastly in the thought that as the slayer of a human being he attained a certain dignity in the eyes of men like Leary. But he became interested in the transaction that was now taking place between the thief and the Governor. The Governor extracted the sixty one-thousand-dollar bills from his bag, and laid them out on the bed. He rapidly explained just how Leary's hidden booty had been recovered, and the manner in which the smaller denominations had been converted into bills that could be passed without arousing suspicion.
"Too big for one bite, but old Dan Sheedy will change 'em all for you in Bean Center. You know his place? You see him alone and ask him to chop some feed for your cattle. He makes a good front and stands well at his bank."