CHAPTER TWO
A SAFE MAN
"We gotta be careful," cautioned Tom Driver, the local justice of the peace.
"Careful is our middle name," Rafe Tuckleton said reassuringly.
"I know, I know," persisted Driver. "But you can't fool all the people all——"
"Abe Lincoln said it first," Felix Craft interrupted impatiently. "But he didn't live in Crocker County."
"Or he wouldn't have said it, huh?" flung in Tip O'Gorman. "Don't you fool yourself, Crafty. Tom's right. Human nature don't change any."
"I s'pose you mean give the people a square deal then," sneered Felix.
"If he does, he's crazy," said a lanky citizen named Shindle.