Silvertip's Trap (1960)
“After a time, when not a voice could be heard out of the distance, he said: “Come out, boys.”
They came out into the firelight.
“You made a flock of fools of ‘em,” cried Duff Gregor. “That was the slickest that I ever seen, Jim! That was a beauty! Kind of too bad that they ain’t ever goin’ to know what a lot of fools you made of ‘em!”
Silver looked straight and hard at him.
“Perhaps they will know, one day,” said Silver. “Perhaps they’ll know when you’re caught up again, Gregor.”
“Me? The gang ...that ever catches me is goin’ to have nothing but dead meat to handle, lemme tell you!” answered Duff Gregor, striking one hand into the palm of the other.
Silver looked steadily at him and said nothing. Bill Naylor, a little shamed by this desperate boast of Gregor, bit his lip and stared at the fire.
“It was the best job,” said Gregor, “that I ever seen, and it saved my hide. Here’s my hand, Silver.”
Silver looked down at the proffered hand and shook his head.MoreLess
They came out into the firelight.
“You made a flock of fools of ‘em,” cried Duff Gregor. “That was the slickest that I ever seen, Jim! That was a beauty! Kind of too bad that they ain’t ever goin’ to know what a lot of fools you made of ‘em!”
Silver looked straight and hard at him.
“Perhaps they will know, one day,” said Silver. “Perhaps they’ll know when you’re caught up again, Gregor.”
“Me? The gang ...that ever catches me is goin’ to have nothing but dead meat to handle, lemme tell you!” answered Duff Gregor, striking one hand into the palm of the other.
Silver looked steadily at him and said nothing. Bill Naylor, a little shamed by this desperate boast of Gregor, bit his lip and stared at the fire.
“It was the best job,” said Gregor, “that I ever seen, and it saved my hide. Here’s my hand, Silver.”
Silver looked down at the proffered hand and shook his head.MoreLess
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