The outlaw shook his head when Hardy offered him a chair.
"What's the main idea of them two new men out in your front room, Lee ?" he asked.
"Two cowpunchers that was down on their luck.

I got to stand in with the boys now and then." "I s'pose so.

Shorty Rhinehart in here to see you, Lee ?" "Yep." "You told him that the town was gettin' pretty hot." "It is." "You said you had no dope on when that delayed shipment was comin' through ?" Hardy made lightning calculations.

A half truth would be the best way out.
"I've just got the word you want.

It come this morning." Silent's expression changed and he leaned a little closer.
"It's the nineteenth.