"Just to be sure in case
we don't stop them."
He knew that he had no time to waste tonight, and so as he and Virginia
entered the Engles' living-room he began immediately telling the banker
what had happened and what he feared was set to happen. Engle listened
gravely.
"Galloway is making his getaway to-night," Norton said by way of
conclusion. "For every rifle he has a man. He has no reason to like
you and he knows that you carry more money in gold and bank-notes than
any other man in the country. The fact that Kid Rickard pulled the
game the way he did this afternoon, shooting down Roberts when there
was no need of bloodshed, ought to be enough to show us that they are
not going to draw the line anywhere this side of old Mexico."
"What are you planning?" asked Engle.
"I've sent for Brocky and all the men he can bring. They'll all come
heeled and ready for trouble, every one sworn in as a sheriff's deputy.
I'll get every dependable man in San Juan into the saddle with a rifle
inside half an hour. Before that we'll have further word; or, if not,
we ride toward Mt. Temple. I'm taking the gamble so far that that's
their rendezvous; that the Kid and his crowd will show up there."
It was unnecessary for him to continue. Engle nodded and went for his
rifle.
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