El Paso was the end of his run. If the boys
were going to see the town, they couldn't do better than to stop at
this hotel. Clean beds, good food, quiet, and reasonable as to rates.
Pete was about to say something when Brevoort touched him gently with
his knee.
"We was lookin' for a place like that," said Brevoort, suddenly
loquacious. "We sure aim to see this town. We just been paid off--we
was workin' for the Bar-Cross--and we figured on seein' a little high
life a-fore we went to punchin' again. Is that hotel you was speakin'
about open all night?"
The conductor chuckled. "Ain't been closed a minute for six years that
I know. Mostly railroad men. And say, if you figure on being in town
more than a couple of days, you can save money by taking your room by
the week."
"Thanks," said Brevoort. "We aim to stay a week, anyhow."
"Well, they'll use you all right," asserted the conductor. "And if
you're looking for a place to buy anything--clothes or collars or
shirts--why, right across from the hotel there's as fine a little
clothing-store as you can find in town.
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