“Did you see him in here?”

“Uh-huh. He was laying for us.”

“Pshaw!”

Magpie takes his gun out and looks it over, sad-like. He stares at the door for a minute, and then—

“What’s the notice on the door?”

He walks over and looks. Somebody has printed a notice and pinned it on that busted door, and she reads like this—

THIS PAPER HAS QUIT FOR KEEPS

I went back and got that can of ink, and a stick, and I signs it—

TOMBSTONE TODD

“What for, Ike?” asks Magpie. “What did he have to do with it?”