But I went right on." "He's here looking for trouble, Steele." "Yes; and he'd have found it before this if I just knew his relation to Sampson and Wright." "Do you think Blome a dangerous man to meet ?" "Hardly.

He's a genuine bad man, but for all that he's not much to be feared.

If he were quietly keeping away from trouble, then that'd be different.

Blome will probably die in his boots, thinking he's the worst man and the quickest one on the draw in the West." That was conclusive enough for me.

The little shadow of worry that had haunted me in spite of my confidence vanished entirely.
"Russ, for the present help me do something for Jim Hoden's family," went on Steele.