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"Brill is back there bragging about it" Phil nodded his head toward the lights of the Frying Pan gli far below "Says he knew the waddy wouldn't show his head You don't reckon, Jim, he's turned a trick on Keller, do you?"
"That's e have got to find out, Phil"
"Looks funny he'd be so durned sure e all kno game Keller is," the boy reflected aloud
"I don't expect you're armed, Phil?" Jim put the statement as a question
"Nope Are you?"
"No, I ain't Didn't think of it when I started Oh, well, we'll ray light was sifting into the sky, and still they rode, winding up toward the peaks of the divide Ji the way, drew rein and pointed to a cactus bush beside the trail Aray felt hat Frole that had taken place Moss and cactus had been tra here and there scraps of cloth A blood splash stared at the from the saddle and rescued the hat from the spines Inside the sweat band were the initials LK Silently he handed the hat to Phil
"It's his hat," the boy cried
"It's his hat," Jiood scrap Notice how that cholla is cut to ribbons Point is, what did they do to hihly, and discovered no body hidden in the brush
"They've taken hier decided aloud at last
"Brill couldn't have been in this He was at the Frying Pan before I was"
"I reckon he ordered it done If that's correct they will be holding Larry till Brill gets there to give further orders"
Phil entered an objection "That doesn't look to me like Brill's way He's not scared of any man that lives When he squares accounts with Keller he'll be on the job hiure this is Healy's work Maybe he gave out there was to be no killing He was at the ranch hi as coffee, so as to be sure of his alibi"
"What does he care about an alibi? When he gets ready to go gunnin' after Keller he won't care if the whole Malpais sees hi in this I don't sabe"
"There sure is We've got to run the thing downahead without arms, Phil My notion is this: You burn a shuck back to the Frying Pan and round up soet a notion of what's in the air Betterto follow this trail we've cut and see what's doing Once I find out I'll double back to the Pass and un for me"