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"There ce'tainly is, but not at this end of the line. This is

Kinney all right. I've seen him at Yuma. He was heading for the

Mal Pais country and he died on the way. See hyer. Look at these

soaked bandages. He's been wounded--shot mebbe--and the wound

broke out on him again so that he bled to death."

"It's all a daze to me. Who is the other man if he isn't Kinney?"

"We're coming to that. I'm beginning to see daylight," said

Steve, gently. "Let's run over this thing the way it might be.

You've got to keep in mind that this man was weak, one of those

spineless fellows that stronger folks lead around by the nose.

Well, they make their getaway at Yuma after Struve has killed a

guard. That killing of Dave Long shakes Kinney up a lot, he being

no desperado but only a poor lost-dog kind of a guy. Struve

notices it and remembers that this fellow weakened before. He

makes up his mind to take no chances. From that moment he watches

for a chance to make an end of his pardner. At Casa Grande they

drop off the train they're riding and cut across country toward

the Mal Pais. Mebbe they quarrel or mebbe Struve gets his chance

and takes it. But after he has shot his man he sees he has made a

mistake. Perhaps they were seen travelling in that direction.

Anyhow, he is afraid the body will be found since he can't bury

it right.