Hashknife nodded over this. He had heard it before.
“But she still loves Joe Rich.”
“I honestly think she does,” agreed Laura.
“Did yuh hear about them findin’ Joe’s pocket-knife in the express car?”
Laura hadn’t heard about it.
“The knife that Peggy gave him for his birthday? Oh, what an awful thing to do! Criminals always make mistakes, don’t they?”
“Yeah, they shore do, Laura—bad ones, too.”
Peggy came out on the veranda and sat down with them.
“Tell me about that bank robbery,” she said to Hashknife.
The tall cowboy sighed and reshaped the crown of his hat.