"She was with them on the boat," the Kid explained. "She even got into the poker game when they tried to rook me. She's good, too," he added, "but she must have been the one who tipped them off. It had to be somebody who knew I'd be carrying the money. Who is she?"
"She's been working for me!" MacIntosh said angrily. "Working until just now. I never did put no truck in women folks workin' around offices but she convinced me she could help me and she didn't cost me no more'n a third what a man cost!"
"With a woman," the Cactus Kid said, "it ain't the original cost. It's the upkeep!"
(from "The Cactus Kid Pays a Debt," by Louis L'Amour)
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