Speedy in more profusion than he could handle them. laws were worked overtime. The poker players were hardy eaters and were very frank about the fact.
When it came time for the meeting to break up, Speedy repeated his battle instructions for the morrow. The car was carefully swept with the two old brooms and the dust pan located in the corner of the barn. The De Lacey Streeters trooped out of their rendezvous, gorged with food and fiery with threats for Carter's cohorts. Chris Walters turned over the key to the barn to Speedy.
"See you tomorrow, bright and early," Speedy sang out as he left them.
"We'll be there!" came with a whoop from a dozen or more throats. "We'll be watching from our stores and houses. And several of us will make it a point to pass you when you drive the car, so we can get the signal."
