We 're outlaws without having done a thing to warrant it.
There is n't but one possible way out, and that is for us to get on the right side again.

Now, how can it be done?
Some one of us will have to go down to San Juan, before those fellows get over here in force, swear out warrants against Farnham and his partners, and have this whole affair probed to the bottom.

We 've got them, if we can only get the ear of the District Attorney, and shift this fight into the courts.
The trouble is, Farnham was smart enough to get there ahead of us, and he 'll win out if we don't move quick and block him.

I can't go myself, for I 'm a prisoner, and must remain with the sheriff, or will be considered a fugitive.

The only question is, Can any one hope to get through ?" Hicks permitted his gaze to stray out across the dim valley below, then up toward the ragged summit of the overhanging crest of rocks.