Then he smiled sympathetically as he realized that he faced a white man.
"Never like to promise nothin'," he replied.

"I might get plugged, or something might happen that wouldn't let me." Then his face lighted up as a thought came to him.

"Say, I'll cut di' cards with yu to see if I comes back or not." The sheriff leaned back and gazed at the cool youngster before him.
A smile of satisfaction, partly at the self-reliance of his guest and partly at the novelty of his situation, spread over his face.

He reached for a pack of Mexican cards and laughed.

"Man! You're a cool one--I'll do it.