"So Skinny rode ahead and let you know he was coming, huh?" queried Sam Larder.
"Yeah. Oh, damn the luck! Who'd have expected Wingo and Tyler to be at Walton's?"
"They did put a crimp in your plans, sort of," assented Larder.
"And now Tom Walton is more suspicious than ever," contributed Tip O'Gorman.
"I can fix that Wingo, though," snarled Rafe Tuckleton. "He'll never get elected sheriff now."
Tip smiled. "Won't he?"
"No he won't he!"
"That's just the thing will cinch his election. I'm gonna play it up strong in the campaign."
"What! Why, he tried to show us up!"
"And succeeded in doing it, according to your tell. That's all right; Rafe, you were a little too raw, you know. I've cautioned you about being more careful. You wouldn't take advice and you'll have to take your medicine—this time. I'll explain matters to Bill, where you stand and everything. You'll find it won't happen again."