"Well, including expenses, say two thousand dollars," said the attorney.
Pete wrote the check and managed to conceal his surprise at the amount,
which the attorney had mentioned in such an offhand way. "I'm thankin'
you for what you done," said Pete.
"Don't mention it. Now, I'm no longer your legal adviser, Annersley,
and I guess you're glad of it. But if I were I'd suggest that you go
to some school and get an education. No matter what you intend to do
later, you will find that an education will be extremely useful, to say
the least. I worked my way through college--tended furnaces in winter
and cut lawns in summer. And from what Andover tells me, you won't
have to do that. Well, I think I'll step over to the station; train's
due about now."
"You'll tell Doc Andover how it come out?"
"Of course. He'll want to know. Take care of yourself. Good-bye!"
Owen and his deputies strolled over to the station with the El Paso
attorney. Pete, standing out in front of the hotel, saw the train pull
in and watched the attorney step aboard.
"First, Doc Andover says to hire a good lawyer, which I done, and good
ones sure come high.
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