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  “I know, you never have liked outlaws. Neither do I.”

  Scratch grinned. “And I’d be lyin’ if I said I didn’t have a hankerin’ to visit Old Mexico again. I ain’t as young as I used to be, and the heat down there feels good on these bones o’ mine.”

  “Not to mention the señoritas.”

  The grin on Scratch’s rugged face widened. “They feel pretty good on these bones o’ mine, too.”

  Slowly, Bo nodded. “Well, since we don’t have anywhere else we have to be . . .”

  “As per usual.”

  “I don’t suppose it would hurt anything if we rode down there with Davidson and had a look around. If we don’t like the lay of the land, we can always pull out. Wouldn’t be anything stopping us.”

  “That’s right.” Scratch drank the last of his coffee. “Be good to spend some time in Mañana-land again.”

  They found Davidson in the lobby. With an eager expression on his face, the man asked, “Have you made up your minds?”

  “We’ll ride down there with you,” Bo said. “Whether or not we stay depends on what we find there.”

  “Fair enough,” Davidson said with an emphatic nod. He shook hands with them again and added, “I think everything will work out just fine once we get to Cutthroat Canyon.”

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