“I’ll be busted in a little while,” he wails. “I just sets there and watches my money disappear. Was over to the Bar 20 yeste’-day. Doctor don’t know yet if Baldy will pull through or not. I asked Snag if he had any suspicions who shot Baldy, and he said he sure did. I asked him who.”
“He told yuh it was none of your business,” says Hashknife.
Bowers looks at Hashknife queer-like and then says—
“How did yuh know that?”
“Deducted it, Blubber. I could tell that by lookin’ at yuh. Tomorrow I’m goin’ over and talk with Snag Thorn.”
“You are not!” declares Windy.
“Uh-huh, I sure am. Now, I know what I want to do, Windy.”
“You’ll get killed sure as thunder.”
“Thanks, Windy.”
“I wouldn’t advise it,” says Bowers. “I sure wouldn’t.”