I didn't have any way of tying them, or anything, and--" "Brag, girl! For Lord's sake don't apologize; it doesn't come natural to you.

What gets me is that I was ripping the atmosphere wide open, trying to rescue you, and all the while you were making a whole sheriff's posse of yourself--and it was you that rescued me.

I should think--" "I did not! I--did Bill tell you the latest, Johnny?
You know how dad is--about making people tell things he wants to know, and keeping them right to the point--" "I know." Johnny's tone was eloquent.
"Well, he got at those Mexicans, and they told everything they knew--and some besides.

And who do you think was the real leader of that gang, Johnny?
And I know now it was his voice that I couldn't quite recognize over the 'phone.

They've arrested him and two or three of his men, and you wouldn't _believe_ a neighbor could be so tricky and mean as that Tucker Bly.