Hashknife grinned slowly and went back toward his horse.
“So that’s Kid Glover, eh?” he mused to himself. “He’s a tough-lookin’ hombre, and he’s still ridin’ Ghost. And he’ll just about stick around here until I trade horses with him—and have one more horse than I’ve got now.”
CHAPTER XVIII—HASHKNIFE AT WORK
Hashknife rode across to the bridge and headed back to Red Arrow. The news of Ed Corby’s death had flashed over the range, and many men came in to look at him and to wonder why anybody should shoot an inoffensive man like Corby.
Butch Reimer was in town and Hashknife met him at the sheriff’s office. There was no question about Butch being nervous over the killing of Corby. He had lost his usual air of bravado. Sleepy told Hashknife that Butch had asked about him as soon as he came to town, and Sleepy had led him to believe that Hashknife was still in town.
Sleepy had little else to report. Hashknife asked him if he had seen Jim Langley and Angel McCoy, but Sleepy hadn’t. As far as he knew they had not been in town that morning.
About an hour later, Chuckwalla, Monty, and Steve came to town. They wanted to hear more about the shooting at Reimer’s ranch, and Chuckwalla wanted to find out if Rance had any money in the bank to pay off the boys. It did not take long for Chuckwalla to find out that the bank did not give out any information, and they also told him that any money taken from the bank would have to be on a check signed by Rance McCoy himself.
Chuckwalla politely told Hale to go to hell, and left the bank bristling with anger. He explained the situation to Monty and Steve, who told him not to worry about them. Hashknife had talked with Slim, and had finally convinced Slim that Chuckwalla had nothing to do with the escape of Rance McCoy.
Hashknife found Butch Reimer in the Red Arrow, and asked Butch for a description of Kid Glover, which was willingly given. It tallied very well with the man Hashknife had seen.
“You ain’t seen him, have yuh?” asked Butch anxiously.