I got a lot of folks sitting around, and then I began telling the sheriff how he done the shooting." "And he admitted it ?" "Nope.

He jumped for a gun." "And then you heaved a chair at him." Pete Reeve drew in a long breath.

"But what reason did you have, son?
I got to ask you that before I thank you the way I want to thank you.

But, before you kick out, you'll find that Pete Reeve is a friend." "My reason was," said Bull, "that I had business to do with you that couldn't be done in a jail.

So I had to get you out." "And now where're we headed ?" "Where we can do that business." They had reached a broad break in the cottonwoods; the moonlight was falling so softly and brightly.
Bull paused and looked around him.