16/19 I've seen more'n one fellow try to put something over on Lacy, but it never worked in the end. Ain't that the truth, Joe ?" Sikes nodded his head, a gleam of appreciation in his eyes. "They tell me Westcott ain't so slow on the draw--but Bill will get him!" The sun rose a red ball of fire, colouring the ridges of sand, and painting the grotesque rocks with crimson streamers. As it ascended higher into the pale blue of the sky the heat-waves began to sweep across the sandy waste. |