And so, when Anderson stands up and says he's going out to see that Reeve don't do no harm to Armstrong, we all sat back and kind of laughed.
"But we laughed at the wrong thing.

Long about an hour or so after dark we hear two men come walking up on the veranda, and one of 'em we knowed by the sound was the sheriff." "How could you tell by the sound ?" asked Bull innocently.
"Well, you see the sheriff always wears steel rims on his heels like he was a horse.

He's kind of close with his money is old Anderson, I'll tell a man! We hear the ring of them heels on the porch, and pretty soon in comes the sheriff, herding a gent in ahead of him.

And who d'you think that gent was?
It was Reeve! Yes, sir, the old sheriff had stepped out and grabbed his man.

He wasn't there quick enough to stop the killing of Armstrong, but he got there fast enough to nab Reeve.