“Soon’s they’ve got the woman off their hands they’ll be up here, follerin’ our trail.”
“They’ll find it hard work trailin’ us acrost them rocks.”
“I guess you don’t know Cody. He can smell out a trail just like a bloodhound. He’ll find it.”
“Then I reckon we’d better be goin’ on.”
“Yes, after we’ve had a few more words. You said you were going into the town.”
“It was my calc’lation.”
“But you didn’t tell me who is after you!”
The apelike man stared again—and the clever road agent saw that in his guess he had hit the bull’s-eye.
“Who said anybody was after me?” said Gorilla Jake.
“Your manner told me. Who is it? Perhaps I can give you some information.”