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Lum is nervous as he watches the clock tick closer to 3 o’clock. That’s the time when Mr. Devereaux told him he would be in town to claim his box. Abner shares in Lum’ s worry. Will the gents be shot? Will they be handed over to the police? There as nervous and jumpy as a rabbit’s nose.
Abner suggests that instead of just waiting for Devereaux to arrive and shoot them, they should just slip out of town. Lum doesn’t like the idea of being a hunted man, but Abner figured its better than being shot. Lum figures if they confess to the sheriff at the county seat, it might keep them from being shot by Devereaux.
Even if they’re found guilty, Lum figures by confessing that Zale take time off of their penitentiary sentence.
Lum gets Maimie, the telephone operator on the phone and connects to the Sheriff’s office. Will the sheriff think they’re just joking? Will he be able to make it to Pine Ridge before Devereaux does? As the gents discuss people, they know who have gone to jail, Devereaux enters. He admits that his real name is Malcolm Kilgore and why he had them hold his diamonds. Now that the gents are being safe from being gun down, they realize the sheriff is on the way to arrest them.
