But
after this is all over he'll go home to his wife and his neighbors with the
canker of this thing at his heart until he dies. I tell you, Jack, I'm for
stopping it if we can."
"How?"
"There's one way. I've been approached indirectly by Pelton, to deliver our
vote to the Consolidated. Suppose we arrange to do it, get evidence, and
make a public exposure."
They were alone in a private dining-room of a restaurant, but Yesler's
voice had fallen almost to a whisper. With his steady gray eyes he looked
across at the man who had ridden the range with him fifteen years ago when
he had not had a sou to bless himself with.
Roper tugged at his long drooping mustache and gazed at his friend. "It's a
large order, Sam, a devilish large order. Do you reckon we could deliver?"
"I think so. There are six of us that will stand pat at any cost. If we
play our cards right and keep mum the surprise of it is bound to shake
votes loose when we spring the bomb. The whole point is whether we can take
advantage of that surprise to elect a decent man. I don't say it can be
done, but there's a chance of it.
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