17/32 It took but a minute to tell this story. Again Injun indicated Dorgan and said: "Him drop something." Running back in the course Dorgan had taken, Injun returned with a small but heavy canvas bag. It was filled with gold and silver coins, the principal currency of the West in those days. This promised interesting developments, but Dorgan, who had fallen into a sullen silence, refused to answer when questioned about the bag. "Have those threshers killed Gil Steele ?" "Dunno, Make heap noise. |