“Thasso? Yo’re thought pretty well of down there, ain’t yuh?”
“I’m the sheriff.”
“You would be! I ’member you was allus bossin’ things when we was kids. Yo’re a right big man, I take it.”
“I have somethin’ to say about things in Oro City.”
“You ain’t married, I imagine.”
A peculiar expression flashed across the sheriff’s face.
“No, I ain’t married.”
“That’s queer. You allus was kinda shineful around the wimmin’.”
“Where’s the money yuh got from the bank?”
The other grinned slowly.