第63章

“Donefor？“murmuredtheother，lookingaboutstupidly。

“Donefor，that’stheword。Donefor？Yes，Iguesswe’redonefor。“

“WhatarewegoingtodoNOW？“exclaimedMarcus，sharply，afterawhile。

“Well，let’s——let’sbemovingalong——somewhere。“

“WHERE，I’dliketoknow？What’sthegoodofmovingon？“

“What’sthegoodofstoppinghere？“

Therewasasilence。

“Lord，it’shot，“saidthedentist，finally，wipinghisforeheadwiththebackofhishand。Marcusgroundhisteeth。

“Donefor，“hemuttered；“donefor。“

“IneverWASsothirsty，“continuedMcTeague。“I’mthatdryIcanhearmytonguerubbingagainsttheroofofmymouth。“

“Well，wecan’tstophere，“saidMarcus，finally；“wegottogosomewhere。We’lltryandgetback，butitain’tnomannerofuse。Anythingwewanttotakealongwithusfromthemule？Wecan——“

Suddenlyhepaused。Inaninstanttheeyesofthetwodoomedmenhadmetasthesamethoughtsimultaneouslyroseintheirminds。Thecanvassackwithitsfivethousanddollarswasstilltiedtothehornofthesaddle。

Marcushademptiedhisrevolveratthemule，andthoughhestillworehiscartridgebelt，hewasforthemomentasunarmedasMcTeague。