THE RISE OF GINGER GILLETT
of thorough sports by borrowin' the hundred dollars I took out of Ed Smith's sack, and puttin' it in as his contribution to a collection for the loser to spend in his trip to Fort Worth. And there is no doubt that Keeley enjoyed that trip, if what the boys from Fort Worth say is true, as I believe. But the next day Ginger was made Marshal, and he's a good one, as you know yourself from what you saw of him just now in that little difficulty with young Gedge."
"Did he pay back that hundred dollars, Mr. Pillsbury?" I asked incautiously.
Pillsbury looked at me.
"He'll pay it back when I ask for it," said the gambler. He added, with apparent inconsequence—
"The City Marshal in a city like Painted Rock is the man that keeps the balance between them as holds to the past and them as considers trade is everything. With them I do not agree."
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