CHAPTER 30DUVAL PREPARES
“He may be out there in the dark, as you say,” was all that Duval said. “Everything is a chance, Jimmy, in this little old world. But I’ll tell you what I think—which is that Blue Barry Litton would rather follow the trail of the devil than mine.”
“So you say,” sneered Jimmy.
Immediately afterwards, Duval seemed to dismiss the boy’s remarks. He turned to the broken-nosed man, who had been standing there silently, during a minute or more, holding the Judge’s letter in his hand.
“Now what’s up, Gregg?” said the little man.
“Fellow sloped up here with a message and a letter for you,” said Gregg.
“Let’s have ’em both,” said Duval.
“Maybe you better hear the message on the side, chief?” suggested Gregg. “I don’t know as you—”
“You’re new with me, Gregg,” said Du
