“Not at all. You see, I—I hardly know the lady. She was nice to me, and I appreciate it. But I never said I wanted to marry her.”
“You’ve met Chet Le Moyne?”
“Yes, I’ve met him. We were introduced at the Oasis saloon.”
“Where did you meet Tex Alden?”
“I never was introduced to him, but I—I talked to him here.”
“Yeah? And he told yuh to keep away, didn’t he?”
Jimmy looked at Hashknife in amazement.
“Why, how did you know that?”
“I didn’t,” smiled Hashknife. “I knew you’d correct me, if I was wrong.”
Jimmy rubbed his nose and grinned foolishly.