“But Palmer will get them, won’t he?”
“Not on your life!”
“Why not? We stopped each of them making for the gang to warn them off.”
“How are we to prove that? They might have been going anywhere. Why man!––that pair could pretty nearly nail us for unprovoked assault.”
Phil laughed.
“And they were the men who were conducting the entire steal when I fell in among them in the cellar;––but I can’t prove it.”
“You’re sure they were, Jim?”
“Of course I’m sure. Red hit me on the head with the butt-end of his quirt. I’ll get him one for it too, before I’m done.”
“And they engineered the whole affair, set the teamsters on their journey, then beat it ahead for Redmans?”
“‘Oh noble judge! O excellent young man,’” Jim quoted sarcastically.