"
"Go it."
"Was I betrayed?"
"No."
"Those fellows didn't give you the pointers to get a whack at the reward
offered on me?"
"No."
"That is square between a square man and a thief?"
"It is the truth."
"You swear it?"
"I do."
"All right, I am to hold you alone responsible for this?"
"Yes."
"You worked it out yourself?"
"I did. Your pals don't know yet you are gone."
"Oh, I wish I had suspected."
"Do you?"
"I do."
"Say, Tommy, you make a mistake."
"I do?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"You appear to think that all those whom you dislike have to do is to
stand up and be shot like deserters. Let me tell you something. Had you
recognized me you would have been a dead man, that's all, and it is
possible several of your pals might have gone the journey with you. It's
better for you and them that you did not recognize me."
"The walls won't hold me long."
The detective laughed.
"When I am out I'll make it my business to settle you before I go back."
"Tommy, you surprise me.
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