The cavalcade came into Tonto City, the stage almost an hour late, and drew up at Doctor Bogart’s house, where the wounded were unloaded. James Wadsworth Longfellow Pelly was there, trying to find out what on earth had happened.
“Did you,” he asked Akers, “hold that meeting and decide to remove Henry Conroy?”
Tom Akers looked bleakly at Pelly, but said nothing. This was no time to talk of resignations. He followed them to the jail with Stickler and the professor. Stickler said, “I’ll sue the county for false arrest, Conroy. You can’t prove anything against me.”
“We shall try, sir,” said Henry wearily. “What do you think, Professor?”
“After what has happened,” replied the professor soberly, “I’m sure you will try.”
With their prisoners behind the bars, Henry led the way over to the King’s Castle. There was quite a crowd in there, discussing what had happened. Mack Greer, the manager, saw Henry and came to him.
“Good work, sheriff,” he said. “Mighty good work.”
“All praise aside, sir,” said Henry soberly, “I would like to see Violet La Verne.”
Greer looked curiously at Henry and at the other men with him. Then he turned to one of the other girls, who had come in close, and asked, “Where is Violet?”