No one but a dope fiend would pull stuff like that.
"But still," she added, a finger at chin, "what bothers me is, how does Charlie know Waldhorn?
Unless----" "Unless what ?" asked Sim Gage, his brows suddenly contracting.
"Unless they're both in on this deal! What do you suppose the Doc thinks?
What makes him keep this Waldhorn close as he does?
Is he a prisoner ?" "No, I reckon not.

We all just got orders to shoot him if he tries to get away.

I think Doc's holding him until he gets word in from outside.

Things seems to me to move mighty slow." "Well, this letter's addressed to Charlie Dorenwald, and anything that's got Charlie Dorenwald's name on it is crooked, and you can gamble on that.

Can't you find the Doc ?" As it happened, Doctor Barnes had not yet left his quarters for his nightly trip to the lower canyon.