“The Chinaman told me. His name was Blair, if I remember correctly.”
“Yeah, it was Blair. I sent him out to trail Torres.”
“And Torres killed him, did he? Why didn’t you kill Torres?”
“Down in this country,” said Baldy slowly, “yuh most always have to find a man before yuh can kill him.”
“Where is he?”
“I dunno. Mebbe he’s down at the Rancho Sierra.”
“Why not hire Steve Guadalupe to kill him?”
“That’s a fine idea. They’re both Mexicans, and Steve is making too much easy money to be attracted by blood money.”
They drove up to the K-10, and Baldy turned the team over to Jack Baum.