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Show * ZT A ACEAflOLE EIWE OLE OLEJACKSO1 if . - _ . JACKSON JACKSO1 GREGORY . . . )4a 4a )4aOREGOItV ) JOR.OORY JOROORY < ! OREGOItV WkILR WNU.RELEASE WNURELEASE TUB TIIB TIlE STORY SIORT 80 SO PAH FAR Ana Len A _ Lew Lee tee aIId and aIIdCois andCole aCol Cois Cole * Cixly Co4y Cody beneOclarle beneOeiarles beneLiclarle * . under UDder wader two IdcntJ Ideal-I Ideal I IdcntJcat IdealIcal Ideicut - cat cal wllli willi wIDe made by br : Early Baril ' BID Olll 0W Cole ar arrived arrived arived rived I In . Bald Oald flald Eale Balle EaIe ( b by . , sta stage t * { e coach coacb onlr only onlyI on ; : I f . . learn of Dill DIU tiW Cole a I death a fe lew few . da days dayspr.VIoaIj d ys ysp.vlou.b ] prevlouily p.vlou.b pvlou.b pvloub pr.VIoaIj prVIoaIj . . . ' Ana Aftn accompanied aceompaJded b by ) ' Aunl Aunt AuntJenlier Am AmJenifer Jenifer entfer Jenlier went webt oat oul out to Old Bill OW 11W . ranch .ancb ancb . &he he the thetoUowlng &hefoUo.lnl & loUowInf foUo.lnl foUolnl toUowlng . da day . , and wa w . > . ereeted greeted ( reeted b by ) ' Rancs Kane * . Waldroo Waldron Waidropi . , . woo who no poxlog poainl postal aa as a * Old Bill om Wit a nepb aeph aephSW nepi ew SW made M II H evident they ther : were nol not r rcome - wel wet weleome wetcoin -come come - eome coin . at 51 the Raach Rabcb flinch While Ann Annmakinc Lee was wasma wasmallng ma mallng lnl It at 1 $ fust Juat Just .a a as a . * plain plaiD abe she ( he bad no IDlen Inten IDlenUon IntenDon Uon Don ot of 0 ' leavlox leavlDI IeavIu Cole Cody arrlvfj arrived Ann AnnaIId Annand and aIId Cole had bad a mlunderctandlnc mlaundentandlol mIsunderstandIng mlunderctandlncthe * dnrlnl during dnrlnlthe duringthe the Journey to 0 & Bald Oald Eall EagI Cagle . and abe ehe he waa wse waanot wsenot not pleaied ple.sed plesed . to 0 & fee a"e ae see " him blm hipit at al the aaneb Ranch Ranchtact In Inract Intact a ract tact . , . .be be she . be ordered him blm oDI out oat.Now oatNow . . Now continue conttnu . with the s&or sor story & tory . , lXI _ . I CIIAPTER CIIAPTtR lX TX TXYou You re not a very good shot are areyou aryou Br ar Bryouf < I you youf ' , said ald Cole Cody lazy lalY : and slow slowspoken slowspoken slowspoken spoken and Impudent Even his eye- eye eyebrows eyebrow eyebrows - - brows brow . mocked AnnB AnnI Ann I could shoot your toenalls toenails off oil oft oftand oiland nnd and never blister your feet teet she aht shetold ahttold sh ( told him himThen himThen Then why only mess mesa me up Ilhe Ilki Ilhethis Ilkithis llk llkthis < this making It hurt huct like seven kind kindi kindiof kinds kindsof ! ot of hell and arid at the same lime time do me meno mno rn m rnno < no more harm than a hot stove lid liddropped liddropped liedropped dropped on your toe ? 1\ 1 it \ 1hat Its 1s s 8 \ that \hat hat darned gun ot of Calhoun Calhoun Cal houn s a sl ! It doe does . Its own thootinf shooting shootint shootingwhen shootintwhen when It feels like it It . . You try it itsometime ii iisometime isometime sometime smartyl"Frying smartyl smarty smartylTrying ! " " Trying "Trying "Frying Frying to 10 apologize7 apologize ? ' Meaning Meanint Meaningyou Meanintyou Meanlnjyou you didn t I go to do It If ' He was wet wasI wasstill wetstill waistill still jeering at her Maybe It was wet wasjust wetJust waiJust I just as na . well .ell ell then that Cal had re reI retrieved retrieved I trieved hi his . gun and taken 11 It ofl off wit.h with wit.hhim w1t w1thim wilthim wilthimMr . him himMr Mr Fody Cody said Ann very prim priiT priiTand prirrand : and very polite I am sorry In a a ( away ' . way .ay ay that I shot you You see-- see see- seeIn seeIn see - - In a way wayT ? That s a nice ! What Whatwa Whatway Whaway7 wa way y ? ' sna snapped pped young CodyThere CodyThere Cody CodyThere There Is such a thing as being beini beingI beinihumane belnhumane ( I humane or anyhow human said sak saidAnn sakAnn sai saiAnn < , Ann You know very well that thatyou thayou you are not welcome welcolT\e welcolT e weIcorre \ here What s sthe I Ithe ithe the use pretending9 pretending ' ' You 'lou lou and I don donlike t tlike I Ilike like each other-tor other tor other-for for other - for my part she sht she.xploded shtexploded sh < xploded .xploded exploded . I hate the sight of youl youlet you youtet ! ! jet ( ? et well as soon as you can-and can and canandgo can - - anc go somewhere else So what I mear mean meanby mearby by being sorry I shot you It s a jualthat just jual justtha lusthat tha that t if you weren t all shot chot ; up you youcould youcould yolcould could be on your way right nowI nowHt nowill now illslid IU Ht ill- ill . - slid out of his chair the tIght tIghtb"1ndage tightbmdage tigh'bindage tighbindage ' I b"1ndage b1ndage bmdage " about IIbout his midriff mldritY irkinj irklllg irking irklllgI irklllghUn irkingturn I him hUn turn and stood upI upl up I l m here to stay he told h hCr hCrflatly heiflatly ; t tflatly I hCrI flatly I didn dldn t 1 come here follow followIng following following Ing you e 11 tI U er If It 1 I d known yol you youwere youwere . were here herp n aybe I couldn couldo t havecome have havecome havecome come at all And not meaning tc to to tobe tobe be tough with you lust just the same I Ican Ican ] can ask you what the devil you art are aredotng aredoing doing dotng here anyhow7 anyhow ' At my place placeYour placeYour placeYour Your place placel ! ! Why you- you youWe youWe you youWe - We gort 1I0rt aort of find it natural to call calleacl callend calleaci eacl end ether lther ther You and then gulp and andstop andstop andstop stop don t I we ? he saidYour saidYour said saidYour Your place What on earth areyou areyou are you talking about about7 about ? ' Have you gone gonecrazy gonecrazy gonecrazy7 crazy ' Oh maybe you always alwaYII wele wete welecrazy wetecrazy weiecrazy crazy ' ' Of course that s it ' ' That ex cx explains cxplains explains plains everythingListen everythingListen everything everythingListen Listen and don t be so smart smartYou smartYou smartYou You re kind ktnd of pretty and maybe maybeit it s gor gar got e to your head Men Iguess I Iguess Iguess guess see ng you at a dance all alldolled alldoiled alldolled dolled doiled up have hove told you B a B lot of oflies oflies olies ( lies and you think you re Cleopatra Cleopatramaybe Cleopa Cleopatramaybe tra tram8ybe m8ybe maybe or the Queen of Sheba ShebaWhoa ShebaWhoa ShebaWhoal Whoa I ! Didr Dldr Dide I 1 I say wait a minute minute7I ? ' I m answering questions queslions rj right ht nowy now nowy nowy y u 0 say what do I mean by saying sayingth th s Is my place Well that s a what whatit whatit whatit it is or anyhow going to be MeI Me MeI I mold m in old Farjy Bill Dill l3ill Cole s a heir ThIs ThIsIs ThisIs ThisIs Is U Ii e King Ktng Cole Ranch and it II a IImtne am smine smineWhy mtne m Inc mtneWhy IncWhy Why - - - you-you- you youyouI you you I ve ye told you I m getting gettmg tired lirl'd lirld ' of ofour ofour ofour our calling each other You you II a IIWhere aWhere sWhere Where s a your originality7 orlgtnality originality originality7You ' You-liar You liar You - liarl ! You re worse than thanthat thanthat thanthat that man loan Rance Hance Waldron He lIe says saysIts saysIts saysits Its h s a s place too-and too and too - - and it s a mmel mmelNow mine mineNow ! ! Now t-4ow t 4ow - Mr Cody will you-Will you Will you - Will you youtuck youtuck youtuck tuck your shirt tall tail in m and go clnnb climba clnnba clnnbS a S tree tree7 ? tree7What What Mr C dy d dd d ci . was vuas as scratch scratchhis scratchiis scratchhis his iis head thick thatct thatd thatci cd ed with abun abundant abunlant abundant dant lant da dark rk red ha hair Ir and hold hIs hIspe"1ce hisetce hispence pe"1ce pe1ce e-tce e tce " - a m ment and do a a bit of ofU ofLI ofU U LI i r k ng staring starmg at her all the wille wl wi tIe tIeIc lieHo 111 Ic ' t Id himself tl U II at this was a sort sortat son sonf sortof at ) f funr fum y layout lay out his runn noon r i i g IntoIt intoj into intoII II It j s obi obr xi us girl so conslslei conslster consister tlyf tlyr tly f ( r or Of oi e I ' thu Ihli thir g her n aking aktng a da cia m mlike mike mlike like ike that for ar at ott at ! cr er the letter from fromId ( fromold rom romold old Id E fc-irly fc irly - Hly irly n fl nil Il II Cole for ( or the first nrst of ofall ofill oall ( all ill in a cha eha n of events that-No that No thatNocI thatNoi that - Nocl cI i a n at a al at I . , . j 5 ) st a crazy crnty , qu It of a athll aliii athiifcl athiifclP thll liii 1.1 11 1.1P , . , l lp P nder fe b he d d tuck his shirt shirtwil shirtLii shirttall wil Lii in Also he prod ced red the mak makit makI makli it I gs of a cigarette and very II10wly slowly II10wlyhis slowlyits slowlyhis his its mind on other matters matterll he bul1d build bul1ded buildii builded ed -ii ii - his cigarette And In due course courseghled course1 courseI I ghted.t ghtedt ghled . it He lIe int inl ml aled deeply be he besent heent hesent sent ent a a stream of bluish smuke smoke ceil cell ceilIngw'rd cellngwnd ceilIngwird ceilIngwirdIt Ingw-'rd Ingw 'rd rd ngwnd " - ' Ingw'rdIt ngwndIt It s a still rcas reas nably early In the themornlr thenornii themornii mornlr nornii g he said siti after he had dnv driv dnven dnven en 0 her hf'r hfr hi'r hir ' ' trant frant ti-ant ti ant - c with his leisureliness lelsureIJness ieisuj-eiineaa ieisuj eiineaa ieisujeiineaaYou lelsureIJnessYou leisurelinessYou - You ve VI ye ' g t I lots iota of time to comb combyour combour combyour your our hair and wash your face--Go face Go face-Go faceGolook faceGook face - - Golook look ok in a looking glass and you IJ 11 11to IJdo Udo do to b < ( thand th -and and - and get into Bald RaId Eagle Eaglebefore Eagleefore Eaglebefore before efore noon If the stage doesn t go gowhere gochene gowhere where chene you want It to go today it II IIbe IIe 11be be e pretty sure to go tomorrow So SoYU Soy YU lu 10 ) ve ye got t I me to I ster al-er al er - while I Itell IelI Itell tell elI you something Mr Early BIll BIllCole Billote BillCole , Cole ote rest real his wild so soil 11 il Early DIll Bill DIllI DIllbetng Billeing Dillbeing betng eing dead now made up his mind mindhe mindC mindhe I he C wanted the right sort of man to totake toike totake take ike care of the things he had toave to toleave toleave leave ave behind him him on un taking the long longneway longne-way longne way longneway ( ne-way ne way - - trip He lIe nominated me for forthe fortie torthe the tie job ) ob He even took Ume time to writeUt write writeout writeout out Ut a wllL wilL He left every damp dampthine damping damn damnAnd thine ing be he bad had bad0 \0 0 to \ William Cole Cod1 Cod1And Cod # And nd that a me mc Do you TOU begin beglD to gete get getUle getthe Ule e general aeoeral gentral Idea tdea 1 ? I I I When Whcn I was a very little Uttle girl girl.she girlshe . . " ' she told him sweetly I used to tosay tosay 1say say that I 1 hated bated things Castor 011 oil 011wa oilwas owas wa was . one and there were others othersBut othersBut otherBut But dear me I didn dldn t know what whatwas 1 I 1was Iwas was talking about . . . For only ooiy novMr now nowMr nowMr Mr Cody I do know now what the theword theword thword word hate means Need I 4 ! go fur further further tu : ther ? Ot Of course noi not flow fiow rlow suppose supposeyou supposeyou supposyou you tell me what . . . U It If anything at aU all aUyou allyou alyou you are driving at atT at1 ? Someone has hastold hastold hatold told you no doubt tha that t Mr Early EarlyBUl EarlyBill EarBill ] BUl Bill Cole wlUed willed everything he be had hadto hadto ha to me ? Cole Cody had a way ot of exbaUng exhaling exbaUngcigarette exhalingcigarette exhallncigarette ; cigarette smoke that she 5he was deadsure dead deadsure dea 1 sure could Infuriate anyone on onearth onearth oearth earth He did some exhaling e'thallna ethallna ehaIing ' Her HernaUs Hernails Henails naUs nails bit Into her pink palms ButSpartanlike But ButI ButSpartanllke BiSpartanlike t Spartanllke Spartanlike she clenched her teeth teethand teethand teetand and waited . Outside In the patio Rance flance Wal Waldron Waldron Waidron dron had stopped a at t the side of ot a awindow awindow iwindow window listening Ustenlng one would bave have baveJudged havejudged hav havludged < ludged Judged co so still stili and attentive had he hebecome hebecome h hbecome < become that he was wall far and away awaymore awaymore awa3more more than merely casually Interest Interested interestad Interested ed ad At least so deemed Aunt Jenifer .Jenl Jenl Jeni .Jenlfer . Jeniter fer spying on him from a kitchen kitchencorner kitchencornerl kitchelcorner corner cornerl I I IAt cornerlAt At last Inst Ann spoke up and very veryquIetly veryquietly ver3quietly quIetly considering who It was wasspeaking wasspeaking waispeaking waispeakingMr speaking speakingMr Mr Early Bill BUI 13111 Cole she said saidspacing saidspacing saidspacing spacing her words nicely was 8 a 8gentleman agentleman igentleman gentleman and a very fine tlne man He Hewas Hewas H Hwas < was a friend of my father s He Heknew Heknew Hiknew knew that thai he had to die So be he bemade hemade himade made his will It B I a quite too bad badWith ,1 1 , " ' 19ii1I 1fflfrr ' With Ann watching waichiag hI his . slightest slightestmove sU lightestmove < Mest Mestmove move he be shot the tbe key homeMr borne home borneMr Mr Cody to disappoint you but butMr butMr butMr Mr Cole left lett everything everythlni he hadtome had-to had to hadtome had - tome me Yes that s what I said He Be HeIT BeIT Hen IT ade a will to that effect and-and and andandI and - andI I ve vie got that will ! Now-WiU Now WiU Now-Will Will Now - Will youget you youget youget get well wen and galHe gotHe gol gal got golHe He moved over to the table teel feel teelII feelIt feelli II It g a trifle trifie unstL unstc unsteady ady and blurry inthe in inthe inthe the head and sat on the table s a sl'dge aedge sedge l'dge ldge edge ' one toot foot swingingWe swingingWe swinging swingingWe We 11 II soon find out about allLi all allUIS allU UIS Li is he said 1 I ve ye got a key-a key a keyakey keyadey key - akey key dey old Early Bill BJIl sen me- me meA meA me - - A key keyl ! Youve You ve VI ' got e a key ! ! ! Wh- Wh Whwhat Whchat Wh Whwhat - - what chat sort of key ? A key that s a made to unlock unlocksomething unlocktornething unlocksomething something tornething he snorted at herWhat herWhat her herWhat What do you suppose asking what whatsort whatsort whatsort sort of key keyT ? Now when I find nd what whatit whatt whatit it t s 8 to unlock-There unlock There unlock - There s a an " n . , old devIl devIlIn devilIn In 1 town they call the Judge-He Judge He Judge - He a . arazy scrazy crazy razy as a bed bpd tug lug no Question QuestionBut questionE3ut questionBut But E3ut he knows a lot of thmg things ' ! Be Between Beween Between tween ween him and ar am other crazy crllzy old oldcuot oldroot oldcoot cuot root name of Doc Joe- Joe JoeDoc JoeDoc Joe - - Doc Joe isi iii t a cr'ary crary crazy ' ' old coot cootiHe ! He le s a a dear But nut 1 i t t-Where t Where I-Where I t - Where did didyou didwu didyou you wu say you got Iot ! : y r key key7 key7Forget ' ? Forget that I ' \ . e I ' told you asnuch as asmuch asmuch much nuch as I I have Are you and I Iold Iild Iold old ild friends wh tell eachother each other all allour alltur allour our tur heart s a secrets st'lret'l stlretl ' ' ? re we- we weShut weShut we - - Shut up upl I ! Yo talk wlk so 80 darned darnedmuch darnedouch darnedmuch much ouch and arid say 5ay s a little-you little you little - you make makeIT makeI makene IT I e mad I ! ! Tell mm m rn ( about your key keyDId keyJid keyDid DId Jid Early Bill'iou Bill nlll 'iou iou ' \ ou say that he hesent heent hesent sent ent it to you you7 you7Well ? ' Well what whal f I ( he did did7 ' Maybe |