“Well, has he?”
“Only in his own mind.”
Jimmy laughed softly.
“Some folks are blessed with wonderful imaginations. Are you going to stay at the hotel tonight?”
“Yes, I’ll stay there tonight, anyway.”
They walked up the street and met Chet Le Moyne in front of Abe Moon’s store. He shook hands with Marion, who introduced him to Jimmy.
“You are paymaster of the Santa Rita mine, aren’t you?” asked Jimmy. “I thought that’s what Johnny Grant said.”
“Yes,” said Le Moyne patronizingly. “And you are the new cowboy at the AK ranch.”
“Yea-a-ah,” drawled Jimmy. “That’s me.”
Marion laughed.