“Maybe I am,” admitted Hashknife, “but it’ll stir things up.” “It shore will, if a mob decides to lynch Colton.” Sleepy showed up, having been on a mission, and reported quietly, “Sam Hack went to tell Thomas Colton, but he’s back at the Pasatiempo. I heard Colton tell him he’d be right up to the jail.” “You stay here and keep yore eyes open, pardner,” ordered Hashknife, and went swiftly up the street. Hashknife wasn’t sure of anything. When he had dropped that turquoise ring into Harry Colton’s pocket, he was acti…