"We wasn't aimin' to get caught." "Expected there'd be line riders here, eh ?" The other did not answer.

Lawler watched both men derisively.
"Then, when you saw no one was here, and that it was likely the norther would keep anyone from coming, you cut the fence.

That's it, eh ?" The two men did not answer, regarding him sullenly.
Lawler smiled.

This time there was a cold mirth in his smile that caused the two men to look quickly at each other.

They paled and scowled at what they saw in Lawler's eyes.
Half a dozen bunks ranged the side walls of the cabin, four on one side, two on the other, arranged in tiers, upper and lower.