Fortunately, he's also an honest man. Hell, if he weren't, he would

have handed the man over to a lynching mob by now.'

'You think they've had trouble? ' 'Yes, I do.' Cole thought about

that for a moment, and then asked, 'What's in the other telegrams? '

'They're all from Rafferty. He must have been standing inside the

telegraph office and was in a talkative mood. He wanted to know if we

had any leads, and I wired him back that there was a remote possibility

of a witness.

He jumped right on that. I told him there might have been a woman

hiding in the bank, that we think it's one of three, but none of them

will admit it . . . ' 'What did he say about that? ' 'He wants us to

bring all three of them to Blackwater. He says he can get the truth

out of them.'

'Does he have the authority to make us bring them? ' Daniel leaned

back against the wall. 'Yes and no, ' he answered.

'We're on special assignment, so we don't have to follow his

instructions.'

'But? ' 'Rafferty's got some powerful friends in Washington. He might

be able to exert enough pressure to force us to do what he wants. I

don't want to get him riled up, so I'm letting him think we'll

cooperate. I promised him that we would know for certain today if we

had a witness or not.'

'And will we know today? ' 'Hell, yes, we'll know.'

'Grace might not be up to talking today. We might have to wait.'

'We'll talk to her this afternoon, then. By the end of the day, we'll

know whether or not we have a witness.' Cole muttered an expletive.

He'd just spotted Rebecca on the boardwalk across the street. She was

wearing a pink dress and carrying a pink-and-white-striped parasol.

She was so lovely, she was literally stopping traffic as men paused to

gawk at her. Her guard, Carver, trailed close behind, glancing in all

directions.

'Here comes Rebecca, ' Cole said. 'Ah, hell, she just stopped to talk

to the reporter.' Ryan looked outside. 'He was hanging around the

telegraph office while I was inside, and when I came out, he went

running in. He probably knows everything now, and from the look on

Rebecca's face, I'm guessing he just told her they caught one of the

gang.'

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