"I've got to take water," "Young Ed" told his visitors, "or I'll
get myself into trouble." Then querulously he demanded of Adolfo:
"Why in hell did you come here, anyhow? Why didn't you keep to the
chaparral?"
Adolfo shrugged. "I thought you were my friend."
"Sure!" Tad agreed. "Urbina's been a friend to you, now you got to
stick to him. We got to hang together, all of us. My evidence
wouldn't carry no weight; but there ain't a jury in South Texas
that would question yours. Adolfo done the right thing."
"I don't see it," Ed declared, petulantly. "What's the use of
getting me into trouble? There's the river; they can't follow you
across."
But Urbina shook his head.
"You know he can't cross," Tad explained. "His people would shoot
him if he ever went to Mexico."
"Well, he'll be caught if he stays here. You daren't send that
damned Ranger on another blind trail. If Adolfo can't go south
he'll have to go north."
"Not on your life," affirmed Lewis. "If he runs it'll prove his
guilt and look bad for me. I'm the one they're after, and I don't
stand any too good, as you know. You got to go through with this,
Ed."
"I won't do it," Austin asserted, stubbornly.
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