“You ain’t leavin’ us, are yuh, Joe?”
Joe nodded.
“Yeah, I’m goin’, Len.”
“Uh-huh. Mebbe yuh better wait a little while, Joe. Somethin’ has come up just lately. Better tie yore horse and wait till we get this ironed out.”
“What do yuh mean, Len?”
“Has Hozie gone home?” Len spoke to Lonnie.
“Gone home? Of course he’s gone home. You seen him leave, didn’t yuh?”
Kelsey nodded. Lonnie seemed belligerent.
“When yuh found Jim Wheeler, yuh—uh—didn’t look in his pockets, didja, Lonnie?”
“Look in his pockets? What for, I’d crave to ask yuh?”