“Waal, I’d a heap rather take chances with you than ter take ’em at Sill,” answered the cowed desperado. “What d’ye want ter know?”
“First off, how did you happen to be on the top of the bank?”
“I was watchin’ fer you, er some o’ the others from Sun Dance. Lawless knowed he’d be follered arter the news o’ the hold-up got ter the camp. I was watchin’ this road ter Medicine Bluff, an’ Coomby was watchin’ the other.”
“Why did you fire at us?”
“Bekase I’d feel a heap safer in my mind if I knowed Buffler Bill had been picked off.”
“You tried to pick off Tenny here, and not me.”
“I was waitin’ for a chance at you when ye jumped me up behind thet boulder,” was the rueful answer.
“How did you know I wasn’t coming to Medicine Bluff to leave the deed?”
“How does a feller know thet water won’t run up-hill? Thet wasn’t ther kind of er play ter ketch you, an’ thet’s what I told Lawless. I ain’t felt easy a minit sence you was in Sun Dance Cañon.”
“Well, we’ll let that pass. Where is Mrs. Brisco?”