CHAPTER II.
"Cold feet ?" "Horrible!" said Anastacio.
Matthew Lisner, sheriff of Dona Ana, bent a hard eye on his subordinate.
"It's got to be done," he urged.

"To elect our ticket we must have all the respectable and responsible people of the valley.

If we can provoke Foy into an outbreak----" "Not we--you," corrected Anastacio.

"Myself, I do not feel provoking." "Are you going to lay down on me ?" "If you care to put it that way--yes.

Kit Foy is just the man to leave alone." "Now, listen!" said the sheriff impatiently.