We have to watch Morris like hawks. If he
suspects us he'll find a way to let Silent know we're here and then
the hunters will be hunted."
In the house they found a dozen cattlemen sitting down at the table in
the dining-room. As they entered the room the sheriff, who sat at the
head of the table, waved his hand to them.
"H'ware ye, boys?" he called. "You'll find a couple of chairs right in
the next room. Got two extra plates, Jac?"
As Dan followed Tex after the chairs he noticed the sheriff beckon
to one of the men who sat near him. As they returned with the chairs
someone was leaving the room by another door.
"Tex," he said, as they sat down side by side, "when we left the
dining-room for the chairs, the sheriff spoke to one of the boys and
as we came back one of them was leavin' through another door. D'you
think Morris knew you when you came in?"
Calder frowned thoughtfully and then shook his head.
"No," he said in a low voice. "I watched him like a hawk when we
entered. He didn't bat an eye when he saw me. If he recognized me he's
the greatest actor in the world, bar none! No, Dan, he doesn't know us
from Adam and Abel."
"All right," said Dan, "but I don't like somethin' about this
place--maybe it's the smell of the air.
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