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The office had a bare floor, ancient furniture, and a singleDecoration consisted of wanted posters, the newest being th

e two freshly printed versions of the lu of the Wrecker, with and without the beard, noted by the sharp-eyed Southern Pacific ticket clerk in Sacramento

Kisley and Fulton had regained their spirits, though Fulton appeared exhausted

“Clearly,” Wally reden”

“Or furnishings,” Mack added “That desk looks like it arrived by wagon train”

“Perhaps it’s the neighborhood that appeals, located within spitting distance of Union Depot”

“And spitting they are, on our sidewalk”

Continuing in Weber-and-Fields mode, they went to theand pointed down at the crowded sidewalk “Perceive Mr Van Dorn’s genius The view from thiscan be used to instruct apprentice detectives in the nature of crime in all its varieties”

“Co saloons, brothels, and opiu the price of a drink or a wo up citizens in that alley”

“Note there, a a table”

“And look at those out-of-work hard-rockto sleep on the pave in wait for drunks to roll”

“How long was the man dead?” Bell asked

“Better part of a day, Doc thinks You were right about the stabbing A narrow blade straight through his neck Just like Wish and the Glendale yard bull”

“So if the Wrecker killed hiht But no one saw him buy a ticket”

“Plenty of freights in and out,” ventured Wally