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The the the thetrail shod shodJet trail I find I an and d killed The body bodyW'I bodytd bcen b rAet Jet b had d Be hadbody . W'I WI ' ' I.Jnk IJnk . Bender der had ar ar.1 -.1 .1 - . % CSJ CSJeoc S eoc and nd read the signs the thaW.Sreveals thaWSreveals SDunn Pi lltb td . a1evC reveals is that because becauseKri'er 10 uh9 tJ tJ tJcrls.s Dale crls\.s crls.s crls .s s ' \ . the ranch may be in intlf.lt intitOi11 tlf.lt tlflt titOi11 titOi11tlsenemies ; . tlsenemies eoemles may make trouble troublefalfcut troubleith falfcut ; ithii Walt Amos hassasked hassaskedOld Is friendly Old OldMan v.lth vlth . ith ithI tSl : ii he he has asked Old Man Manr r : = . .l l ! ; I s suolr countri ) "S S " uolr ) Ii s best trailer , to join jointle joinsn'Bthe tle s ! . Ce ie Ceand ! : nilly meet Amos , Link and D1lIID D1lIIDson son sn'Bthe snBthe 'tbe tbe ' Kid Kid ' and andoCayuse andoCayuseyy Cayuse Indian traJIer trailer , at Short Shortgender yy , an en the slain man sei stot i s Kri'er Krier ? % gender der ' has ins found round ei - . " blt tot : Kuddle t1Irlr & ! the saddle aacatUeisatt cattle is attracted missing mJsslng act actd actto d Almost AlmostMo ro to the the thelied the biood lied sta\rled sta rled stilted \ ground , stamp ; . " the traces eldm Dunn not nottos Is leaveethe leaveethetCtl angered th 5 tclls t teldm him not to tos tosleaveethe leave ta Mo AfoDOWlDg os : % aD . .argument argument . argument Benderf1 Bender Benderi go f1 tCtl ' ! f1t.1S tCtltill t.1S t1S . ty tygo i gun . ron . but but Dunn wound wounds * himtIt1lmt himin him himCHAPTER tIt1lmt till . Back at a aOld Mana the ranch Old Mm Man : a packcof in tIves : nBicY with a pack at hounds houndshe 11n search of ' the he dead man a .D D nn . tells tells Billy'that Billythat Billy that Marina MarinaIs Marian Isat Is ' ! : " .A A . at hJm bun tor for trying to setUe settle reveals that thatIt thatliAFTCR bloodshed He b1 by byready edrsee risb risbby It ItI \I I \ reaUy ready readyedrsee hers - CHAPTER HA.P1'tR HA.P1tR HAP1tR liAFTCR ( . ' IIContinncd4 II-Continncd II Continncd fl-Continued fl Continued n - - Continued ContinuedR -4- 4 - 4r.teer r.teer rteer 4-puler 4 puler - R . ! er was silent sUent He could not notether notfe ether ier er agree V.lth Vlth with . ith Horse Dmm Dunn Dunn.ibdteen Dunnibdteen . ild Ybdseen ! seell range quarrels settled settledb settledhpcfire-but settledhpcfire but b r.JCfire-but r.JCfirebut r.JCfire rJCfire but fsfre-but fsfre . - - never to the ad- ad adI adta ad-1 ad 1 - I ta : : te ( 1 e of o ! either elther winner WIDner or loser loser.am loseram . sera , , ner , , he wasn't wasnt ' gomg going to argue arguede argueate ie de Old Man . . . ties hands hands'la handsla ? " ' " " ' ' Tnat mat 'heat heat it If she my demanded emanded "I've Ive " ' ' got to fight fightbh.Dg fightbthng fightbfiLBg bh.Dg bhDg bthng ! . my own way . For myselfmdn myselfiada myself myselfBtdn Btdn mdn iada t t to so much mind mmd But am't amt ain't aint am'tcofithers ain'tstbers am'tAwBtbers amtAwBtbers ' cofithers stbers ! , to begin begm . with V.lth Vlth ? " ies ! Sail es4 " ' Wheeler repeated . fce Sere , , Ifs it's its is ' aers ers Didn't Didnt ' you know knowheeler knowW r ' \ 1'ader 1ader fte1fr heeler ' : had not known It . "But But "Buttent "Butrtlere Butrtlere " tent ere ' ' You've Youve ' run this brand brand.mce brandwine brandeiince .mce mce wine . I can remember . Youat Youat You fit at least have some part Inhere inhere in- in inR'there - R'there Rthere ' here . . " ' , tall 9da t I penny or a head of stock , " to In told him bun bins , . . % } "t t " A happen Ihappen I 1 to know , " WheelerI Wheeler Wheelert&Kd t&Kd tKd & , 'that that I ' that you've youve ' always hadIx.fi hadax'4Sf had hadixft ixft Ix.fi Ixfi ax'4Sf ax4Sf ' ' . , , another outfit , down mAn- mAn mAnYet m in Anis An- An Ane - e is . , Yet your Arizona outfit hasn'tfeu hasn'tyou hasn't hasnt hasn'tlaycu ' laycu feu you tour four time times in a dozen'Ire dozen dozenKi Ki :1 1 : , . ' ' Til fie 'Ire Ire had my hands full here , " tami raidihmean wd raid . . ihmean ' Tai 'ico ico . mean , " Billy B1lly Wheeler said , 'r.Upent r.Upent rUpent latpent ' . tpent the last twelve helve thirteenE.lneglecting thirteen E.lneglecting Elneglecting . < , . ' neglecting neglectmg your own o\'m o 'm m oven \ ' outfit toup toup to fillip up a brand that don't dont ' belong belong1m belong'laid belongW belongWtaathrugged 1m 'laid laid ' ! ' Jm taathrugged shrugged sbrugged "Someb Someb "Somebody Somebody " dY had'sl hadsl had hadtikeholt tikeholt ' ' ( holt hoIt My brother dled-sud- dled sud died-sud- died dledsudHe diedsudHe died - sud . - He didn't didnt ' leave the 94 in very very'pipe veryIfiiiape Ihape 'pipe pipe ' For two years it was waslyddiferent waspi7 lyddiferent 1 different difIerent bosses I hired blred But Butpine Buttone Ame pine Link Bender-he Bender he Bender - he bad had a aeitft aia.ttt aiattt t ' . eitft . t then-he then he - was stealing stealmg the theea thed1 d1 Pretty soon there wouldn't wouldnt wouldn'ttbiea wouldnttbiea ' wouldn'tbeen wouldn'tTeen allb1 allhi been Teen any 84 94 And it was all alll < ! b1 hi ll ! icd and her mother had . " a ! ] i y Wheeler ttared stared at HorseOnce HorseOnce Horse Once he had heard it ru- ru rutat . - " ru"a rua ruthat that tat Horse Dunn had lovedI loveds loved I s mother , long ago , . 'karlln karlln l"lan's llans ' " lin ' ' * . mother alway always bated hated ' tared feared fired hatedfeared batedfired this tlua country ccunt17 . She ShepMirian Shetllp ShetupMarran tupMarran tllp pMirian Millan to \ { ) feel some sim- sim sun- sun - - siml sunThat That hits sunhits standb standhi l * . vhy why the kid can't cant ' stand standc { b hi . , or byYou anything done by You see-my see my see--my tee - - my brother dIedtc died , ; Pa run lmi la in his hand " vWtf "tler tler tc " . , , . . , unable to endorse the _ lhas thelhas 1II.1earung 1II1earung the1II.1earung . . leaning g toward violence , > atd a e > belief behef that there ought oughtt yiome ne : oughtne upge upSe 6 My way ' to avoid smo smoftng smofing ' ing up upro ge Se 94the U It we can hold the 94 94t ro the finance side , " he said , t tto to can Link Lizilc ' Bender's Benders crowd crowd4 : \4 4 \ 4ows tcdTaowa ows l\e l e I've Ive ' \ ' took all the steps la stepsla . steps.teady .teady teady steady the finance side " , 114 I Dunn Dunnsald > una " sald said . . itA "A A mmute minute ago 'eke eke ago'eke ' e ot of outfita my having an outfit a . a - . well , I outfitatL outfiti had an outfitto outfit atL i o - ? SIX Sur weeks ago I sent sent0 to fd Bob B BSIX ob . , \0 0 b \ 0ob bsell leU sell ? . ? plaeg Flagg , ' , "y y my " partner partner4(1.7 partner41.7 partner417 ( . tltr her out she'8 she8 She's Shes ' sold soldlit dS lit lastten : Bob lookBob B b ten " lookFlagg 1days ? days rve I've Ive ' ' been e " look- look lookh look.L lookL look.Lb . - Flagg ' He's Hes supposed h bae " : "e e " e supposede with Wlth $ $50.000 50.000 50000 $50,000 t50o00 $ , . , . , as good as asU'OD asfeC U'OD UOD U'ODother boas ' a other " 50'000 50000 $50,000 $ ? $ , ' in different I oeT and notes T Everything Everything&t "e e " ' Eaes goeE lvl1 ( oe ) to the &t t ' &tgoeE & bracing of thestared the fair stared ard doorard : K Kfair r ? ed the . ! out the "P6 P6 open " " door.tolhe doortolhe door- door doorWheel . - Wheel Wheelthe > Sheeler , , . , corrals ; and nowtee now nowM er teeer taw saw Horse Dunn'sIt Dunn's Dunns ' M tee hie ! It nslowly hienslowly ith the theSiOWly SiOWly softenfar . y "lax lax relax " , and softenhe soften softenM far ar M he 11e ! hear had11e Quiet Ulet corral Marian hadVtn had t Vtn tn lttold old Pony tha that t Horsencr Horse her , tlie and lietn was lie preparmg preparing ncr Borne Orse preparmgOrse ts b genUa Dunn watched \\a a \ t ched her , genU gentle e There " il 8ity t te was always eta alwayseta 14 ! y about that strappmg strapping ' when en he looked at this thisi tta i 1 1'aIU 'aIU aIU ' ifF,6011 ifF6011 da dawhen ' , ghter a almost ? ter " ot of his dead broth broth- brothQ . - : look,1"1 look11 most " as if " he mIght mIght'to mightt mights "e111 e111 " " Q I Ia , t s 'to to ' 1 1looking l , ha haklng looking klng kmgathlsowndaugh kmgathlsowndaughteran0 at his Own daugh daughA1 daughfile file filegrown A1 grown own "p p up " from fromn&b lror teran0 away sy " l froml fromLi Li LiB ' : aU B , , she might mighthavebccn mighthavebccnJy "fettr fettr " n&b nb & have been beenJ'1 oIt beenoIt oItthings r , 11 thIngS " " "es es " had . J'1r Jy J'1 J1 ' once o ; brokeni brokenride broken brol-"en brol "en en brokenrf - " i Eo Eoa Eor r ride de rf a Dunncertain ; . With her . , " Dunn Dunn111 . . ertaJn certain awkwardness awkwardnessI.that .0 0 to .enajn enajn h hertaJn her awkwardnessMt I-.that I.that I .that that - . that Try y to make her her'kind herP b kindof15 this , iS isaa is a-a a - a different differentAn 'kind kind 'kindof . ' d dot of ot ofiS " , An 11 'I/o 'I I o " ' Za Zan Zat . / Jll ( : " ! n 1 t taYc thl'e thle taYcany ' e any stock In ' " to ' 0 , , j anj an anYway yway , " Dunn insist insist- . - . ed cd . . " 'T T "I I ' don't dont ' like to have her riding ridlnffthis ridingthIS thIS big range alone . " With a curious reluctance Wheeler Wheelerpicked Wheelerpicked Wheelerpicked picked up his hat and nnd walked out to outto the stable where his hl saddle wag was . - CHAPTER CIIAPTER luIA m luI mA A rise of dust was going up on the theInspiration InspIratIon road as Wheeler saddled sad- sad saddled sad.died saddied . - dled ; he knew the approaching approachmg far car carmust farmust carmust Hurley.For HurleyFor must bo be driven by Stevo Hurley . , For a moment he hesitated , tor for he hewould hewould hewould would have liked to hear the latest latestword latestword latestword word from the camp of Horse HorseDunn HorseDunn's HorseDunn's HorseDunns Dunn Dunn's Dunns ' , s enemies . . Marian Marzan Dunn , how how- however however however - ever , was loping loplI1g eastward along anold an anold anold old trail not tar far off the InspiratIon InspiratIonroad Inspirationroad Inspirationroad road . Steve Hurley would be able ableto ableto ableto to signal to him from road to trail trall trailif trallif trailit if any new word concerned him . He Helet Helet Helet let his pony lope out and caught up upWIth upwith upwith WIth Marian within the mlle"Do mile mlle . "Do Do " you mind it if ff I rIde ride your yourway yourway yourway way ? " "Maybe Maybe "lVIaybe lVIaybe " , " Marian said " ' , "you'll youll "you'llshow "you'llshow "you'llshow youllshow show me where Short Creek is " Wheeler was itartled startled " " "Short Short "ShortCreek "ShortCreek "ShortCreek ShortCreek Creek ? " "Sometimes Sometimes " , , " the girl said , .it's .its its "it's "it'seasier "ifeasier ifeasier " . .it'seasier ' * easier to look at a thing than to toimagme toimagine toimagine imagme imagine it it . . " "I I " was thinking somo some of riding ridingover ridingover ridingover over that way , " he conceded . . "Only Only "OnlyI " -I I - I wish you'd youd ' let somebody know knowwhen knowwhen knowwhen when you set off to ride a dIstance dIstancelIke distancelike distancelike lIke that that . , , so EO somebody could go goWIth gowith gowith WIth you . " She looked at him sidelong tor for a aminute aminute , mmute minute . , "Sometimes Sometimes " it seems seem.s . to tome tome tome me you people do everything you youcan youcan youcan can to make this into an unfrlendIy unfriendly unfriendlycountry unfrlendIycountry unfriendlycountry country . " "I I " don't dont dontt ' know what you mean mean"These meanThese . " . " "These These " Red Hills , with the lun sun lunon sunon iunon on them , are the background ot of the the"Wait theL L 4 4r r ' "p p " ' ( i iF F + , / , C1 * " I NI , N , ' ' ' * 4 44i 4i ! 2y a ) r aZ Z > t t"A "A A "AY " Y M'k Mk M'k"Wait ' \ - c * ( "Wait Wait " Here , " Wheeler Said to tothe tothe tothe the Girl . very earliest memories I have have.When haveWhen . When I came here again agam it was as asI asif asit I if ! I were coming comrng home . I felt free freeand freeand freeand and natural , here-at here at here - - at first And AndHorse AndHorse AndHorse Horse Dunn is almost exactly lIke lIkemy likemy likemy my father , what little I can remem remem- remember remember remember - - ber of him hIm-so hIm so - so nearly like hke my fa father fa- fa father father - - ther that I can't cant ' remember my myfather's myfather's myfather's myfathers father's fathers ' face any more ; because my myuncle's myuncle's myuncle's myuncles uncle's uncles ' face comes in between . . " "He He " worships the ground you youwalk youwalk youwalk walk on on , , " Wheeler said . "I I " know . " A little httle shiver sluver ran ranacross ranacross ranacross across her shoulders , anomalous in inthe inthe inthe the blaze of the sun . . "Then Then " he turns turnsand turnsand turnsand and does some wild , awful thing- thing thinglIke thinglike thing-like thing like - lIke yesterday ; ; and it gives me the thestrangest thestrangest thestrangest strangest feeling feehng of being complete complete- completely - ly lost in a 8 country I don't dont ' under under- understand understand understand - stand " "yesterday yesterday " ? What awful thing thing"He thingHe ? " "He-he "He He " - - he shot Link Bender . " . " "It It " was kind kmd of unfortunate , sure sure.But sureBut . But I don't dont ' know what else he could coulddo coulddo coulddo do Link Lmk drew on him wm And all allyour allyour aUyour your uncle did was to nick him in inthe inthe inthe the arm arm . . , so that he dropped thegun theMarian's the thegun " gun Marian's Marians ' tone was curiously de- de detached detached de detached - - tached , unforgiving unforglVIng "He He " admitted admittedhe he set out to goad Link Bender mtofightIng intofighting mto into mtofighting fighting " That was not exactly what Horse HorseDunn HorseDunn HorseDunn Dunn had said . , but essentially the thegirl thegirl thegirl girl was right It was like Ilke Horse HorseDunn |