Baldy looked them over curiously.
“Where’s that damn Stevens?” he asked suddenly.
Ike Marsh laughed with relief. He was afraid that they had already captured Sleepy, who had not come back to them. Baldy scowled and repeated his question.
“Yuh might do a little guessin’,” said Ike. “We always have an ace in the hole, Kern.”
“Thasso? Well, yore aces won’t help yuh none this time, Marsh. We’ve got the whole deck ag’in yore one.”
Doctor Meline had come into the lamplight, and Big Medicine was staring at him, an amazed expression on his face. He moved toward Meline, unheeding the menace of several guns.
“Hey!” snapped Baldy. “Get back there, Hawkworth!”
But Hawkworth did not seem to hear Baldy’s warning. Meline stepped back and put the table between himself and Big Medicine.
“You!” said Big Medicine hoarsely. “What are you doing here?”
Doctor Meline laughed nervously.