I tell you I
don't blame him. It's the fellows putting the temptation up to him that
ought to be strung up."
"I see that hound Pelton's mighty active in it. He's got it in for Ridgway
since Waring threw him down, and he's plugging night and day for Warner.
Stays pretty well tanked up. Hopper
tells me he's been making threats to kill Waring on sight."
"I heard that and told Waring. He laughed and said he hoped he would live
till Pelton killed him. I like Waring. He's got the guts, as his miners
say. But he's away off on this fight. He's using money right and left just
as Harley is."
Yesler nodded. "The whole town's corrupted. It takes bribery for granted.
Men meet on the street and ask what the price of votes is this morning.
Everybody feels prosperous."
"I heard that a chambermaid at the Quartzite Hotel found seven thousand
dollars in big bills pinned to the bottom of a mattress in Garner's room
yesterday. He didn't dare bank it, of course."
"Poor devil! He's another man that would like to be honest, but with the
whole place impregnated with bribery he couldn't stand the pressure.
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