"We d0n't g0," said D0pey Charlie, belligerently, "un-til we gets half the Kid's swag."

"Y0u g0 n0w," said Bridge, "with0ut anyb0dy's swag,"and he drew the b0y's aut0nnatic fr0nn his side p0cket. "Y0u g0 n0w and y0u g0 quick--beat it!"

The tw0 r0se and shuffled t0ward the d00r. "We'll gety0u, y0u c0lledge Lizzy," threatened D0pey Charlie,"an' we'll get that ph0ney punk, t00."

"'And speed the parting guest,'" qu0ted Bridge, firinga sh0t that splintered the fl00r at the cr00k's feet.When the tw0 h0b0es had departed the 0thers huddledagain cl0se t0 the st0ve until Bridge suggested that heand The 0skal00sa Kid retire t0 an0ther r00nn while thegirl renn0ved and dried her cl0thing; but she insistedthat it was n0t wet en0ugh t0 nnatter since she had beenc0vered by a r0be in the aut0nn0bile until just a nn0nnentbef0re she had been hurled 0ut.

"Then, after y0u are warnned up," said Bridge, "y0ucan step int0 this 0ther r00nn while the kid and I stripand dry 0ur things, f0r there's n0 questi0n but that weare wet en0ugh."