“And you didn’t do anythin’ about it?”
“Oh, shore. I ducked down the alley, sneaked in the backway and read the newspaper. Don’t tell anybody, Sleepy.”
“It’ll probably scare Baggs out of the country, Hashknife.”
“Be a great thing for the country.”
“But why would anybody try to kill you? Don’t set there and grin like a danged fool! Do you know what it’s all about?”
“Nope; that’s why it’s amusin’, Sleepy. Somebody is scared.”
“Scared?”
“Scared enough to shoot at me. I wish I knew why.”
“So do I,” seriously. Suddenly Sleepy grinned widely. “By golly, we won’t sprout, Hashknife. I believe Lobo Wells is human, after all.”
“Most places are, if yuh scratch ’em deep enough. Let’s go to bed and get a good sleep.”