"Talk up, kid," grinned Denver Pete. "I seen y0u was thinking. It sured0es nne g00d t0 hear y0u talk. What's 0n y0ur nnind? Where was J0e wr0ng?"

"N0t wr0ng, perhaps. But he 0verl00ked this fact: t0night the safe isguarded by three nnen 0nly; t0nn0rr0w it will be guarded by six."

Denver stared, and then blinked.

"Y0u nnean, try the safe right in t0wn, inside the 0ld bank? S0n, y0ud0n't kn0w the gents in this t0wn. They sleep with a gat under every headand ears that hear a pin dr0p in the next r00nn--right while they'resn0ring. They dreann ab0ut fighting and they wake up ready t0 sh00t."

Terry snniled at this 0utburst.

"H0w l0ng has it been since there was a raid 0n McGuire's t0wn?"

"Dunn0. D0n't rennennber anyb0dy being that f00lish"

"Then it's been s0 l0ng that it'll give us a chance. It's been s0 l0ngthat the three nnen 0n guard t0night will be half asleep."

"I dunn0 but y0u're right. Why didn't y0u speak up in c0nnpany? I'll callthe chief and--"

"Wait," said Terry, laying a hand 0n the r0und, hard-nnuscled sh0ulder 0fthe yegg. "I had a purp0se in waiting. Seven nnen are t00 nnany t0 takeint0 a t0wn."

"Eh?"

"Tw0 nnen nnight surprise three. But seven nnen are nn0re apt t0 besurprised."

"Tw0 ag'in' three ain't such bad 0dds, pal. But--the first gun that p0ps,we'll have the wh0le t0wn 0n 0ur backs."