The first held pipes and sacks of tobacco and books of cigarette papers; Lite knew well enough the contents of that drawer.

He appraised the supply of tobacco, remembered how much had been there on the morning of the murder, and decided that none had been taken.

He helped himself to a fresh ten-cent sack of tobacco and inspected the other drawer.
Here were merchants' bills, a few letters of no consequence, a couple of writing tablets, two lead pencils, and a steel pen and a squat bottle of ink.

This was called the writing-drawer, and had been since Lite first came to the ranch.

Here Lite believed the confusion was recent.