He'll be there all right for the next few weeks, said the gambler, watching her narrowly.

"Howdy, Colonel," said the gambler, as he gave Harbison a half-military salute.

"And yet it don't somehow sound like whisky," said the gambler.

"And yet it don't somehow sound like whiskey," said the gambler.

"It behooves you to do something more than soak up whisky," said the gambler.

"Five hundred ought to help him some," said the gambler.

"Five hundred more," said the gambler after a nerve-racking pause.

"Yes," said the gambler, settling deeply into his chair and sleepily observing his visitor.

"Look here," said the gambler, whose wits were inordinately keen, "is anything leaking, Bostwick?

"Then I'll tell you who you saw," said the gambler coolly; "it was Marshall Langham."

"All right," said the gambler, taking up the cards.

"Have a drink with me, pard," said the gambler, as he regarded the immovable Mick.

"If he's still on the map," said the gambler.

"Come in," said the gambler instantly regaining his composure.

"Well, Mullins," said the gambler, "I am getting impatient.

"Joe," said the gambler, "I'll tell you something that I have only told the sheriff.