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"This ain't a dog. It's a wolf. An' Whistlin' Dan--" he stopped.
"You look sort of queer, Hal. What's up?"
"You won't think I'm loco?"
"No."
"They's some folks away up north that thinks a man now an' then turns
into a wolf."
Buck nodded and shrugged his shoulders. A little chill went up and
down his back.
"Here's my idea, Buck. I've been thinkin'--no, it's more like dreamin'
than thinkin'--that Dan Barry is a wolf turned into a man, an' Black
Bart is a man turned into a wolf."
"Hal, you been drinkin'."
"Maybe."
"What made you think--" began Buck, but the long rider put spurs to
his horse and once more broke into a fast gallop.
CHAPTER XXX
"THE MANHANDLING"
It was close to sunset time when they reached the old Salton place,
where they found Silent sitting on the porch with Haines, Kilduff,
Jordan, and Rhinehart. They stood up at sight of the newcomers and
shouted a welcome. Buck waved his hand, but his thoughts were not for
them. The music he had heard Dan whistle formed in his throat. It
reached his lips not in sound but as a smile.
At the house he swung from the saddle and shook hands with Jim Silent.
The big outlaw retained Buck's fingers.
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