“What do yuh think, Ricky?” asks McFee.
“I’d hate to swear to it, Bill, but he limped.”
“I arrests yuh in the name of the law for robbing the Piperock stage yesterday, Telescope,” states Bill.
Telescope looks foolish-like at Bill, and then laughs.
“Yesterday, Bill? Why, it never——”
“The description covers yuh,” states Bill. “I got your pardner, who calls himself Archibald Ames, in jail. He’s already admitted the intent to rob it, but says if you robbed it he don’t know nothing about it. Said he was late meeting yuh, so he don’t know what yuh might ’a’ done.”
“Whoever done it got seven thousand in that box,” states McGuire.
“Seven thousand!” wonders Telescope. “I thought the clean-up was brought down yesterday.”
“Some folks did,” grins McGuire. “We figured to double-cross some wise folks.”
I hears a deep breath, and Chuck sets down hard on the step. Old man Whittaker comes out, and they has to chaw the whole thing over again.