“Kern, I am only asking for a square deal. If you and the gang thought you could get that twenty thousand dollars——”
“Hold on!”
Kern jerked the horses to a stop and turned angrily to the big man.
“None of that, Doc. If you sent twenty thousand dollars by that stage, we never seen any of it.”
“I beg your pardon,” said Meline quickly. “I just wanted to know, Kern.”
“Well, you found out. Git up!”
They drove on in silence for another mile. Then——
“Mind explainin’ a few things?” asked Baldy.
“I came here to explain and to listen to explanations. I sent that twenty thousand dollars to Hawkworth, and I wrote you a letter, previous to shipping it, telling you when it would come. Who got that letter?”
“I didn’t,” said Baldy shortly.