"I wonder if Reade has any idea of what he's up against now?" murmured
the mayor of Paloma. "That crazy man is loose, and sooner or later
he'll be heard from again."
CHAPTER XX
DUFF PROMISES THE "SQUARE DEAL"
Altogether the day had been a hugely satisfactory one to the young chief
engineer.
The first test had been made, and, all had passed off well, for, in Tom
Reade's easy-going, fearless mind the peculiar doings of George Ashby
did not figure at all as a part of the day's work.
"Harry, we've every reason to feel proud of ourselves" mused Tom aloud,
as he undressed in the shack that night.
"You feel pretty certain that we've conquered the Man-killer, do you?"
Hazelton asked, as he laid down the book he had been reading.
Of late, since the burning of the Cactus House, the chums had slept in
the shack, though still getting many of their meals in town.
"Oh, of course you know that we haven't won, the whole fight yet," Reade
went on. "We've plenty of work to do here still before we pronounce the
job finished.
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