An' you can ask anybody if that ain't so." Mack Nolan's eyes narrowed.

"And who followed you then ?" he asked quietly.

"Did you bring any hootch ?" "Did yuh send Casey Ryan after hootch, or was it mebby spuds er somethin' ?" Casey retorted with heavy dignity.

"Will yuh pack it in, Mr.Nolan, whilst I back the car in the shed, or shall I bring it when I come?
It ain't so much," he added drily, "but it cost the trouble of a trainload." "I'll take it in," said Nolan.

"If any one does come we want no evidence in reach." Casey turned to the car, clawed at his camp outfit and lifted out a demijohn which he grimly handed to Nolan.