"No. I sweat for my pay like everybody else. Mostly I just sit in a corner of the bunkhouse and talk about God. Those who want to listen join me. There are damn few, of course."
"You don't talk like a preacher."
"I make it a point not to. I've been known to get a snootful, too, and last week, I had a fist fight with a heckler. He thumped the daylights out of me. You here to boss Tunneltown?"
"Depends," Tesno said.
"The booze is rotten and the games crooked. The town brings Vickers' payroll right back to him."
"What do you mean by that?"
"He and the Parker girl are in together, aren't they?"
"Then why would he hire me?"
"How do I know? He's a cagey man."
"You're badly informed," Tesno said. "Tunneltown is a thorn in his side. It's slowing down his operation and he wants it cleaned up."