Black As Death — George G. Gilman

'I ain't never come across two colder, one-track-minded men in all my life. And if I had to choose between the two of them, I'd have to say Barnaby Gold has the makin's of bein' the coldest.'
The storekeeper who had spat before, did it again. And brought the group discussion to an end when he growled: 'As cold as all them graves he's dug.'