BUCK MAKES HIS GET-AWAY Straight from the room of the dead man, Fatty Matthews had hurried down to the bar, and there he stepped into the silence and found the battery of eyes all turned upon that calm figure at the end of the room.

Upon this man he trotted, breathing hard, and his fat sides jostled up and down as he ran.

According to Brownsville, there were only two things that could make Fatty run: a gun or the sight of a drink.

But all maxims err.

When he reached Barry he struck him on the shoulder with a heavy hand.