He nodded understandingly when Bud warned him that the looting was a matter of hearsay on his part, and departed with an awkward compliment to Mrs.Jim about hoping that the baby was going to look like her.
Jim lived just behind the bank, and a high board fence between the two buildings served to hide his coming and going.

But Bud took off his hat and walked stooping,--by special request of Mrs.Hanson--to make sure that he was not observed.
"I think I'll stand out in front of the window," said Bud when they were inside.

"It will look more natural, and if any of these fellows show up I'd just as soon not show my brand the first thing." They showed up, all right, within two minutes of the unlocking of the bank and the rolling up of the shades.

Jeff Hall was the first man to walk in, and he stopped short when he saw Bud lounging before the teller's window and the cashier busy within.

Other men were straggling up on the porch, and two of them entered.