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Brandt laughed incredulously. "That will sound good to a jury, if

your case ever comes to that stage. How do you expect to explain

Billy Faulkner's death?"

"Is there any proof I killed him?"

"Some. You were recognized by two men last night while you were

trying to escape. You carried a rifle that uses the same weight

bullet as the one we dug out of Billy. When you attacked Tom

Peake you dropped that rifle, and in your getaway hadn't time to

pick it up again. That is evidence enough for a Wyoming jury, in

the present state of public opinion."

"What do you mean by 'in the present state of public opinion'?"

"I mean that this whole country is pretty nearly solid against

the Cedar Mountain cattlemen, since they killed Campeau and

Jennings in that raid on their camp. You know what I mean as well

as I do."