"He went that way, eh, Colonel?"
"It's altogether likely," agreed the veteran.
"It's a nasty business!" said Gilmore reflectively.
"Shocking!" snapped the colonel.
"He took big chances," commented the gambler, "living the way he did." He spoke of the dead man.
"Poor old man!" said the colonel pityingly.
What had it all amounted to, those chances for the sake of gain, which Gilmore had in mind.
"He can't have been dead very long," said Gilmore. "Did you find him, Colonel?" he asked as he stood erect.
"No, Shrimplin found him."
Again the two men looked about them. On the floor by the counter at their right was a heavy sledge. Gilmore called Harbison's attention to this.