Chapter 25
"I'd Just As Soon Hang Nine Men As For One"Baumberger climbed heavily out of the rig,and went lurching
drunkenly up the path to the house where the cool shade of the
grove was like paradise set close against the boundary of the
purgatory of blazing sunshine and scorching sand. He had not gone
ten steps from the stable when he met Good Indian face to face.
"Hullo," he growled, stopping short and eying him malevolently
with lowered head.
Good Indian's lips curled silently, and he stepped aside to
pursue his way. Baumberger swung his huge body toward him.
"I said HULLO. Nothin' wrong in that, is there? HULLO—d'yuh
hear?"
"Go to the devil!" said Grant shortly.
Baumberger leered at him offensively. "Pretty Polly! Never
learned but one set uh words in his life. Can't yuh
