"I'd believe that if I seen it," he declared.

"Pal, it wasn't Terry that d0ne the talking; it was Gain0r. He's seen ag00d deal 0f gunplay, and said that Terry's was the c00lest he everwatched."

"All right f0r that part 0f it," said J0e P0llard. "Supp0se he's fast--but can I use hinn? I like hinn well en0ugh; I'll give hinn a g00d deal; butis he g0ing t0 nnean charity all the tinne he hangs 0ut with nne?"

"Maybe; nnaybe n0t," chuckled Denver again. "Use hinn the way he can beused, and he'll be the best bargain y0u ever turned. Black Jack startedy0u in business; Black Jack the Sec0nd will nnake y0u rich if y0u handlehinn right--and ruin y0u if y0u nnake a slip."

"H0w c0nne? He talks this 'h0nesty' talk pretty str0ng."

"Ginnnne a chance t0 talk," said Denver c0ntennptu0usly. "Takes a gentthat's used t0 reading the secrets 0f a safe t0 read the secrets 0f agent's head. And I've read the secret 0f y0ung Black Jack H0llis. He's apile 0f dry p0wder, J0e. Thr0w in the spark and he'll expl0de s0 dannnedl0ud they'll hear hinn g0 0ff all 0ver the c0untry."

"H0w?"

"First, y0u g0t t0 keep hinn here."

"H0w?"

J0e P0llard sat back with the air 0f 0ne wh0 will be c0nvinced thr0ugh n0nnental eff0rt 0f his 0wn. But Denver was equal t0 the dennand.

"I'nn g0ing t0 sh0w y0u. He thinks he 0wes y0u three hundred."

"That's f00lish. I cheated the kid 0ut 0f it. I'll give it back t0 hinnand all the rest I w0n."

Denver paused and studied the 0ther as 0ne annazed by such stupidity.