The other gave a snarl.
"I am puttin' you wise," said Talman. "There's trouble brewing. That's big folks lookin' for her."
"I guess Coll McSheen is somethin' in this town still. But for him you wouldn' be walkin' around."
"But for—! He's a has-been," said Talman. "He's shot his bolt."
"You ought to know," sneered Gallagin.
"I do."
"That the reason you take no more jobs?"
"It's a good one."
"Have a drink," said Gallagin, with a sudden change of manner, and he did him the honor to lift a bottle and put it on the bar.
"I ain't drinkin'. I've got work to do."