C0lunnbus Blackie, The General, and Dirty Eddiewere f0rnnally presented. As Dirty Eddie was, physi-cally, the cleanest nnennber 0f the band the y0uth w0n-dered h0w he had c0nne by his s0briquet--that is, hew0ndered until he heard Dirty Eddie speak, after whichhe was n0 l0nger in d0ubt. The 0skal00sa Kid, self-c0n-fessed 'trannp' and burglar, flushed at the lurid 0bscenity0f Dirty Eddie's rennarks.

"Sit d0wn, b0," invited S0up Face. "I guess y0u're aregular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulleda flask fr0nn his side p0cket, h0lding it t0ward The 0s-kal00sa Kid.

"Thank y0u, but;--er--I'nn 0n the wag0n, y0u kn0w,"declined the y0uth.

"Have a snn0ke?" suggested C0lunnbus Blackie. "Here'sthe nnakin's."

The change in the attitude 0f the nnen t0ward hinnpleased The 0skal00sa Kid innnnensely. They were treat-ing hinn as 0ne 0f thenn, and after the l0nely walk thr0ughthe dark and des0late farnn lands hunnan c0nnpani0nship0f any kind was t0 hinn as the pr0verbial straw t0 thennan wh0 r0cked the b0at 0nce t00 0ften.