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No ? . before ore you } ) OU go . r tr then t ? tI I ' , . , hifld hadr hadd h'1I1 h1I1 had ' , Sawdy khstock bstock bstOCA h'1I1bstOCA and r , bstOCA'I d into the stall tall talJ with McMpIn Mcllpin Mc McMpInttTervma.i ' 'I I ' p I n nIrervmal1 1 1irervmal ttTervma.i ttTervmai Irervmal1 irervmal , . led the horse ou ouI oupck ouncl started to follow Sawd Sawdy Sawdyhand Sawdvhand " pck I . oChand hand on oil his shoulder shouldcr "JustI "Just Just "Justnote " I note nute I w1 w'lnt wlnt Want ' * " to talk to you youWe youy yo " We Well 11 Jo10 Join y011 you In * a mln min mintl mlney mlDTIC ey y eyI'IC I'IC IIC faG ' . . " tl ? ' asked asl.ed asled . 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I ask you ns as nsto asto nsto [ to min m'1n m1n man ' , narney Barney . , and an nn old olddo olddo oldnd do you fee feel ] safe , lea leaving lea"lng \"lng "lng lng \ " a a1rlth aKith afrith 1rlth Kith Boland ? ' , frney rney fumbled mentally menta1ly "Why Why "WhyIdn "WhyIdnt "WhySidnt WhySidnt " Idn Idnt t J7 I ? ' ' he countered bluntly bluntly'd bluntlyd ' d hate bate to see you after thIsIe thisle this thisle le Ie you've youve ' ' had lose your monIth monlth mon monllh llh Ith lth Harry Boland " persisted persistedcowman persistedcowman persistedicowroan cowman 'I I 'I'll Ill ' ' ] tell you honest honestId honestd d yon you can CRn t tell ( ' ] the critter hImJt himIf him It Jt If : you rou IIke-I IIke I like-I like like - - I wouldn woudn ] t ne\"er ne "er er never ne"erfive neverfire nevere \ " five fire hundred of ot my money moneyBarry moneyt moneyHarry money'Harry moneyHarry t ' " Barry Harry Boland lloland t terer sever erer hid h'1d h1d had ' It to ] leave eaver eaverdId , did you you'ilfell youilfell 7 ? ' en ell , no foolln foolin to 011 n ' . , Barney Barneydidn't Barneydidnt , [ uldn't uldnt uidn't uidnt ' do It . So tint's tints th'1t's th1ts that's thats ' ' ' what I Ias Ifts : as man to man-keep man keep man - keep your yourIln youry yourtj Iln y In the bank ban1 . not In a dive diveyou diveyou divee you got a receipt for ( or yourl yourt your t l 1 'fo fo ' " 0 low ow much money are you lea leav leavrith v vItb ' | Itb ith him ? lone ODe one of your damned business business'l businessl businessI businessti ' I ti how bow much milch ' I'm Im ' headin headln ' up upr upreet uphrcet r reet et Get out of the way way"lon't waylont " on't ont ' get sore , Barney I'm Im I'mD I'ma ' I'm&ln Imln ' & D a ' the best beat for yon you Just walt wait waltute waitate waitante ute ate an nn ' ' I'll Ill ' walk up the street streetougetUn streetougettln streetjou ou-getUn ou getUn ou-gettln gettln - gettin ' . Lind 1.lnd 1lnd kind of thirsty my- my myDid myDid - my-iDId my iDId Did you hear , Birney B'1rney B1rney Barney ' , about aboutenlsoD aboutenlsons about'Denlsons aboutDenlsons ' enlsoD enlsons s place gettin gettln ' burned burnedl"heard burnedlheard , 7 . , ' " heard about a fire out thatshat that thathat -hat hat -shat shat - ? hat about ti It ! ? " demandedtocl demandedlock demanded demandeditocL itocL tocl lock . itocLv lockbv \\\v v \ \ h\ h bv hnothlnnothln \ \ " , nothln-nothln nothln nothln-nothin nothin nothln ' - nothin * ' at allBarney allBarney all allBarney Barney , this Is why I wanted wantedilk wantedk k " to you : There's Theres ' folks foUs , here hereown hereown hereown own that don't dont ' know kno1\ kno1 knosv kno1you \ ' you asas asas as asM M as I do , are mean enough to toYOIl tot toyou tojou t YOIl you Lnow know a lot more aboutfire aboutfire about aboutfire fire than you want to tell teU I Ithey're Ithey're In j tellj they're theyre ' wrong-what'U wrong what'U whatU wrong-what'll what'll whatll wrong - what'll whatll ' I tell tell'ell " . 'ell ell :11 11 ' eli'em eliem ( : ' 'cm cm 'em em ' to go to hen hell hentI hell"Oppose hellOppose tI " tIuppose uppose oppose thev they won't wont ' ' do It It , , , Bar Barr , ' ' isked uked asked Sawdy calmly calmly.stetock calmlystetock . . bstock bstoek ghuffled shumed shuttled angrily angrUy . . "LookSawdy "LookSawdy "Look Look " Sawdy . . You can't cant ' ' bunk me memore memore mei more ore It If they don't dont ' ' want to too toI too tott I o > hell he1l . , you go for 'em em ' " ' ! 1th 1tb t1) t1 ) this suggestion Rebstock RebstockM Rebstocked ed again for ( or the thp stall door doordy't doordyt doordy'g 41 dy'g dyg bitlu bitler ' ' . hand cam camp came ( > down a bit bit'ler bitler ' lu ler on ' Barney's Barneys shoulder . shoulder.Sirney shoulderSirney arney , I 1 want to be friends friendsyou friends1 yon 100 you What'a Whata What's Whats ' the facts about ; ftrerth aboutflrerth lire ftrer aboutflrer aboutftrer aboutlire ? " ? th Rebstockloose a TOlley TOney volley of ot oaths , Rebstock Rebstock/loose Rebstock loose / loose from Sawdy's Sawdys ' grasp graspeel graspcd eel cd hurriedly away , and tried triedring triedring triedpring ring over the 8lde side wall wallf wallW jumpedm f icaa was too quick . , H fl ? jumped jumpedp m , . , : canght cnught caught him by the arm , and andmed andiiaed theL med him halfway balfway across the theBarney Barney landed Janded on his hands hands8 , knees handsknees " ? andhis , sprang to his feet feet , , andi and i "Is Is his " old time acquaIntance acquaintancewicked acquaIntanceYilcked acquaintanceRicked Yilcked Ricked eyes In the dim light lightPt lighte e lantern , high ! In n the gang Eawdy Sawdy gangEawdy gangSawdy caught the flash of ot tlle the tlleof theof theV of a knlteth knifelb knife knlte knifelta lta th lb thwere lbwere Rebstockier nebstochIe Rebstockler were quick . nebstoch Rebstock Ie ler : and nd lighter , could strike and E g andE andg facedwho like Ilke a wIldcat wildcat , , but he faced ( hearsas who , though larger and heav hear sas " as , esteemed felII felat among his fel II at Sawdythe one hard hart to corner . Sawdy 9 the door side ot of the stan stall 9his stanhis his back to the lIght . De Lie could bstock's bstocks couldbstock's ' eves e , es flashing tOck greentOck greent t green tOck"anted c1o.eto closeto " wanted "anted anted to get c1o.e c1oe close clo : . e ? 10 to Sa\\ Sa Sawdy Say \ to y cut him and ' through andthrough onea the door . , ' 1 y carrIed led his Rebn-m Rebn m gonnebhid gunflabhad gon-neb gon neb gun-flab gun flab gnn - hid had Bolandn Dolandt Bolandt - left his own with Doland Boland t he be disdained to use It on a aflf unarm.d unarmd aunarm.d aunarmd " 111-11 111 11 . , ' - maD man n It wai wn'i wni wag ' no of flf ius noius noof his < . hlmsellQ 01 ; program to get himself hlmsell hlmsell1nJ himselfy Q fled fledwith with the law by shooting tt 1nJ : trlminal y Inal j ; what at he 0 . and his cro "anted anted ranted cro"anted " UOb Uon InUOb from om Rebstock was In r . a her tnoment Foment , both men , one big , Brnnl1 small , Were 4 4till ItaU till ) lIke boxers jumpIng about stripped tor for flng dog the . ' But Sa Savvdy " dy , thousb though big , . tastest fastest on hIs to\fIl1en to fIl1en 'amen amen ' \ that rode the feet Gunlock Cunlock Cunlocki among Be lie lieS liet bad d , d , "as as w " wlie little alcohol i I , aI naturally as quick as a S t Hash flasb . , nnd and knew he was "as as sas " facing the themost themost themost most dan dangerous dnngerous erous man with a knife knife110ng knifelong knifeHong 110ng long ! the Spanish Spnnlsh Sinks Sln1.s Sln1s . Ten Tentouthful Ten\outhful Ten outhful outhful touthful \ years yenrs spent among l\le"t l le"t let Met lle"tIcan Metcan \ Mcxicnn " Ican can bandits bandltb , to together ether " with "Ith Ith n a lean leanand ] leannnd enn ennnnd nnd and Jumpy pin physical plnslcal clcaJ ; mike m'1l.e m1l.e m1le make ' . up , had hadgiven hadgiven given ; : Ivcn Barney Darney Rehstock nehstocl iebstock . the ( lie name of of'I ofa ofi 'I I a ' mein me'1n me1n mean ' man mlln with a knife Inlre , , and S'1W S1W S'1Wdy S Siwdy ' uv uvdy dy had bad no Intention of adding nddlng to tothe tothe the outlaw's outlaws outla"s outlas , " ' reputition reput'1t1on reput1t1on reputztlon ' as a klller killer killerif , If he could help ItThe itThe It ItThe The nght fight " wis was 'IS IS ' In tlie the lap Inp of the thegood thehods thegods good hods " A ml misstep step < : ; or n a foot slip slipmight slipmight slipmight might en end It any secondR'1rney secondB'trney second secondRirney Rirney R'1rney R1rney B'trney Btrney ' ' , enraged enrageJ ! at his plight , sas sasbreathing , wasbreathing as asbreathing breathing Iinrd hnrd hard and nnd nndInd wind \\Ind Ind vv1nd \ was too tooprecious tooprecious tooprecious precious to waste In " words "ords ords This Thissilent Thissilent Thissilent silent struggle strugogle for the one sll slight slightadvantage slightacliantigc ht htach advantage ach ant'1ge ant1ge ' thl1 Hint that t " would "ouJd ouJd end the fiht fight fihtwent fightwent fightwent ; : went JerUbrciths jerksbreaths on to the music of jer jerks ] " bre'lths brelths breaths ' and nimble nlmhle footing It was wassoon wassoon : soon a question as to whose wind windwould windwould . would give out tl1st-Sawdv tl1st Sawdv flist-Sawdv flist fitst - Sawdv , heavier heav heav- heavIer heavier - , Ieras ier , ' was \as as \ at a disadvantage cll dl < : < ; aihantage ad\antage ad antage \ In endur endurance cndurance ance While they feinted and andjumped andjumped andjumped jumped about , his foot slippedBarney slippedBarney slipped slippedBarney Barney saw the opening He Helunged Helunged Helunged lunged forward forwnrd Sawdy Instinctive Instinctively Instinctivey ly ] y whirled "hlrled hlrled wburled " sidowise sidewise and nnd threw up op uphis ophis uphis his knee to ; sive C'l're Clre save ' his stomach The Thesa"age Thesavage Thesavage sa\"age sa "age age savage \ " thrust of or Birney's Birneys R'1rney's R1rneys Barney's Barneys ' ' knife knifecaught knifecaught knifecaught caught tlie the calf cnlf of his leg As the thecowman thecowman thecowman cowman went "ent ent sent " down , , his fingers fingersgripped fingersgripped fingersgripped gripped Birncv's Birncvs B'lrne\"s B'lrne Blrne "s s Barnes's Barness ' \ " ' ' wrist . , . With a amere amere amere mere twist h1st trsist h\ h \ 1st of the deadly grip griplearned griplearned griplearned learned long ago In Pinhindle P'1nh'1ndle P1nh1ndle Panhandle ' ' knife knifefights knifefights knifefights fights , , he snapped 111 lit e a mitchcs m'ltches mltches matches ' the thet thetwo thetv t0 two t\\ t \ > o 0 bones of Birnev D'1rnej D1rnej Barney ' s fore'1rmThe forearmThe foreirm fore'1rm fore1rm forearm foreirmThe ' The wiry outlaw outl'1w outl1w ' scrcimed scre'lmed screlmed screamed ' IIe He IIewas Hewas liewas was throu through h ; : the rear gangwny gangway gangwnydoors gangwaydoors gangwaydoors doors were fiung flung open . , and the con confedemtes confederates confederates fedemtes federates came cnme running ! In n from tbe the tbecorral thecorralL thecorraL thecorraLFrom corral corralL corralrrom corralLfrom From rrom the darkness of the bo boo boostall boxstall sta11 stall cime C'1me C1me came ' only onJy the swish of hard hardbr'lthln hardbreathing hardbreithing breathing br'lthln brlthln ( , ' nnd and the oiths 0'1th5 01th5 oaths ' nnd and cries criesot criesof criesof ot of Barney Darney . , Lefe Lefcvpr Lefever , pr grasped the bait ball ballof baitof ballof of the 1'intcrn 1intcrn l'lntern llntern lantern ' ' and threw the lIght lIghtrays lightrays lightrays rays within"Henry within"Henryl within within"Henry "Henry Henry "Henryl Henryl " 1 l ' ' he yelled yeJled In alarm alarm"Wh'lt's alarm"What's alarm"Whit's alarmWhits "Wh'lt's Whlts "What's Whats " ' ' a matter , pard ? What's Whats What'swrong ' What'swrong Whatswrong ' "ron ron wrong " ? ' He unlitched unhtched unlatched the gite g'1te g1te gate ' ot of ottbe ofthe ofthe tbe the still st'111 st111 stall ' as he called and hastened hastenedInsIde hastenedinside hastenedInside InsIde " with "lth lth Scott and nnd Pa Page e at his hisheels hisheels hisheels heels McAlpIn Mcllpin ran down from trom the theoffice theoffice theoffice office It was vas as a moment before beforeLefeer beforeLefever beforeLefever Lefeer Lefever , could mal male e a out just what whatwas whatwas whatwas was happening bappenlng on the floor , as Bar BarHe ' y 1 1s s . .r r . .rv -v v - vHo He Ho Could Sea See Rebstock Rebstock's Rebstocks ' ' Eyes EyesFlashing EyesFlashing EyeFlashing * Flashing Green . ncy ney , half haIt choked , writhed under the theremorseless theremorseless theremorseless remorseless grip that closed hIs hIsIndplpe hissindplpe hiswindpipe \\Indplpe Indplpe sindplpe \ . . Sawdy , spread out on onbls onhis onbis bls his stomach , lay , a huge bulk bulk . . , wIth wIthone withone withone one arm over his antagonist . , Only Onlyhis Onlyhis Onlyhis his heavy breathing Indicated lICe life lICe"Henry life"Henry life"Henry lifeHenry ' ' 'What What "What "Whatthe . " 'Whatthe ' Whatthe "Henry Henry " I l exclaimed e"tclalmed etclalmed " Lefever . the hell's hells ' ' happene happened ? ' "Aotbin Aotbin " Nothing's Nothings rothln"s rothlns , . ; b " ' s happened yet . , John JohnLook JohnLook JohnLook Look atb atmy at my leg Where'a Wherea Where's Wheres ' his hisknife hisknife bisknife knife ? " 'God God 'Cod Cod ' God a'mlghtyl amlghtyl a'mlghty amlghty a'mighty amighty ' I It's Its ' In your leg legHenry legHenry legHenry Henry " Lef Lefever < : , er started to draw It out out"Hold out"Hold out"Hold outHold "Hold Hold " on , Johni John I 1 Don t touch that thattill thattill thattill Who's Whos Who'shere Who'shere Who'shere Whoshere ' ' till you g get t a tourniquet on . , here ? * ' Hli Hlq Hla heavy bloodshot eyes eyesturned eyesturned eyesturned turned on Scott . 'Bobi Bobi ' Bob I Look see seewhether seewhether seewhether whether he's hes ' silt slIt an artery or avein avein a avein " " vein Scott found blood spurting from fromthe fromthe fromthe the wound He fashioned tashloned a tourni tourni- tourniquet tourniquet tourniquet - quet from a thong of ot rawblde'Get rawhide'Get rawhide rawblde 'Get Get ' Get up nnd and get Carpy Cnrpy , quick 1 l 1"muttered 1muttered " mutten.d muttend muttered . McAlpIn to Pa Page e "What What "Whatyou "Whatyou "Whatyou Whatyou " you moonin moonln moonlu ' * about ? Henry Is bad badcut badcut badcut cut Run nun , , Ben Beni I " "All All "An An " rl right ht . . You hold Barnev Barney Barnev.growled Barnevgrowled ; , . II " II"An frowl'd frowld growled : ( ' Page , , turning turnlng over bis hIs writhing prisoner . Turning to the prostrate cowman |