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' aloof Dunn s ranch is 11 s ill . including 1 1Samg Link LAnk LinkPInto LAnklliday oy oyHaenemies by byenemies Halliday Haenemies enemies lliday and Samg SamgCald Sam Cald Caldefforts PInto effortsbe bas defeated ed edDunn In his efforts be 1JI'I 1JII iiifll ' Dunn directs directsUnd9 Jdngdom king kingss 0 : ' ' . ' i cattle attle Tulare cat . ; ss Und9 Viers Val tO tOsearch to search Douglas for the thekiller the killer s splains oUers : pi ! to Bl1ly Billy that the thebefore thepore explains plains [ ! e bloodat blood bloodJr'und pore he had come upon before at Short Sho Creek horse horseoThe Dnd found oThe oThekilied Jr'und Jrund ! ' 3hod Jhod and andrunshod unshod horse The . of I killed kilied The Theu4 . $ rider ddearedd ddeareddLbeen had been Lbeen Lbeenink Link ink Bender Benderhad nder had hadlidtjutS had hadlithe lidtjutS u4 d.s ds . ppeared scene and read readreveals the signs signs.e signs6ris lidtjutSb lidtjutSceDmn lithe bad had ceDmn ceDmnand Dunn reveals revealssigns that be- be befinancial - . .e e b . 6ris financial crisis the ranch hma hmae hmari may e a wrdynchls dl ? his enemies may mayhma make makeI I ri ri'ioce . 'ioce ioce ' .nce nce . , , ' SherU Sher1II ! Walt Amos 19 is 19WIth ispith them s He says he bas has haspdblinCoffee Linn WIth pith Coffee , , the country s bestto best idf1n pdblinCoffee " ! best"o'SS ' "o'SS oSS them D"n Dn Dunn " " and Billy Billy,1'Unk Billy1Unk , 10 to join loo ' Bender , , his son sonthe -the the - ' the thesbShort Ios & : 'Sr.ruse Sr.ruse Srruse ' . Indian.S C\lyuse C lyuse \ . yyuuse yyuuseCayetano LInk Cayetano Cayetanoisan Cayetano isan an Indian.t Indianson Indian hasVslam I .t t . .S S . slam sbShort sbShortn sbShortsrhorse Short man ? n Creek s . srhorse .horse horse horse Bender but the s sad has d dlmost ' tiiitegd lmosttiiitegd . Ittracted sSs st r to tothe the Almost the lmost scene sceneby supcrnaturaUy supernaturally by bythe by the blood blood . . all allAmostltellsahim the traces tracesII . stamp out ero.ll1d eroll1d gered when whenout when Amos Amostltellsahim Amostltellsahimaye tells him himII II ' & angered Sy SyZff Zff ISri the ? county Follo\\ Follo Folloing Follouing \ ing an anI anet , aye , kale II Bender gender dra\\ dra drafts dras drams \ \ s his gun . , . butvoardJ but butsods I ! : et s . him bin In the arm area Back Bacl ( atpd at'lXh at voardJ sods Told ; Old Oil M.n Mn Man Nan . Coffee arrives withp withoIbounds withyd with withlouDds 'lXh lXh pd ' louDds Coffee goes OeDunne OeDunnetells in searchjl search oIbounds p yd dnd dUman dUmanSsaddle dmans maD Ssaddle SsaddleOeDunne s saddle Dunn tellsb tellsi tells i jl Eryarlan t3Marian t3 : b farlan Marian ! Is Incensed lfCCnsCd at him for forIe forxir fortK by bloodshed lIeCat liettheranch He lIe , Ie xir ! " tie Ile disputes ? , : Cat ttheranch the ranch Isreally Is really hers bers also alsolie alsotW alsor-tcintly alsor tcintly . - recently nUY told sold his bls own ranch In ina InRgSat lie tW and iii that hisa bis his partner . , B Bob Flagg Flagg.Cwe FlaggCwe . , aac a : a the themoney ? e a 9 " "th th 1th with the moneyB moneyBilly money Billyaac Billy ac acu acI-au acI au 355 355u J ' - ' u Marian itarlan on a ride to Shorti.d Short Short"j.d ShortS-TC.d ShortSTC.d ShortS TC.d TCd ' "j.d j.d jd i.d id " { . - . Bender , now a deputy deputyKa , . nity They have an argument , , , and andI and-ittt and ittt - 4 . bet Bender tries to shoot him himAm himpas himVswa I Am pas himself blmself by plunging against againstI againstiWol againstfelBony I iWol pony ponyand and nd ' the Ud hid ' Is Injuredfct injured injured'Ccrns injuredaxons 'Ccrns Ccrns axons ' : ms to the ranch with the sad sad3 sad-id sad id - . i dir " revtilx 1t"r'e31J 1tre31J + ' eai3 that Cayuse Cayvse Ca 'Use Use ' Cayetano Is isliilifltor 1 , inilforSher1ff lraJUor Sheriff Sher1t ! Amos The saddle saddleto saddleo saddleaai to o Lon Magoon a a small time time0ef timeASi-rf timeASi rf 0ef - d Billy learns he Is to be befor beWrsssaulting beaaar for Wrsssaulting ( ssaultine assaulting , ' ' Kid ' Bender | CHAPTER t7i0TEE IVContmned6 1YContmned6 IV-Contmned IV Contmned 1Y-Contmned 1Y IV - - Continued Continued6 | -6- 6 - 61m - 64am 6lim - lim 1m 4am looking lookmg Ioolung at it it . . . Seems w.e we like w.eHorse . likeW 11 Horse Gorse , the game is lS a l1ttle little l1ttlet littlet littlefeat t from trom that . . . He may be belol beiy lol ! . ; off oft ! ot of you because his crowd crowdI crowdihtle crowdiihtle I ihtle h'tIe htIe ' d different ferent plan for you you.iByrifihthere youiByrifihthere . . 111 nyrlgbthere right here , this sure makes makesxt makesd d to 10 me . Lke w.e we like they must have haveagainst haveagainst haveeipinstyou against you on the murder of ofltagoooa ofbgoana ofKaioon ( ltagooo-a ltagooo a bgoan-a bgoan - - a case we maybe can canlorry.ng canliorry.ng canliorry.ng canliorryng ( lorry.ng lorryng liorry.ng liorryng . . about . . " La larhy why do they turn and jumpla Jump Jumpr.r jumpiEy r.r rr la . Wheeler ? " 1 I " "might might nlht might { be because Billy Billyis BillyUa if is kind of strong as a catIm cat-ia cat ia cat- cat catI - . I Im m speaking of bank bankI bankEfS { . I don't dont ' know anythmgbow anythingtow anything anythmg | IrfiioT bow tow Billy Wheeler stands in hi inres hirsc Initsss res rsc . . But it rt may be they thinkcat think thinktt thinkii tt cat $ t work out as an ace card card6 cardg ? g up the finances of the 94 94btmg 94ttrng 94H naturallyd bug btmg ttrng ( the case , , naturally naturally9 ' 4 d ! lie like nothing nothmg better than ton to toQ to'a toa ' Q n aside to cool for 30 daysem dayscant days dayswnt wnt cant em t read bis hIS facts unlesc unless unlessat unlessTO : dlllltUe at ; i a Lttle little into the people SItUIt situIt situ- situ situIt - ' & It sure begins to loolq lookt " ' saId said'lEa saidlEa ' hCoflee saidhCoflee Coffee Coffee , , , "as as uas " if 11 ' I'm Im ' ' going gomg tob toto to ' " to b V go to Inspiration for thiss thisT thIS . " , T V ; . ' Slid said sold Horse Dunn . . , "Be- "Be Be " Be- Be - , : . Ittre tl.ere tlere Itere "BeIttre "Betl.ere BeItere isn't isnt ' going to be anyE"aMinn any anyaDuan . l.nDunn lnDunn E"aMinn EaMinn " ! . " -aDuan aDuan - ! said sharply , "What What " "What"aaean Whataaean "What'a " 'a a ' lean ieaa ! ' + " It .kccce kccce Itonce . once tie Horse Dunn failed to'lEfCre to [ 'lEfCre lEfCre ' Wt re the flare fiare up of his niece mece declaredIt declaredR + atitand t titand niecetitand aland for tor it , " he declared declaredrood It R takenetler takehetler ' rood I.ood Iood food . enoughl enough ! They'll Theyll They'n Theyn ' ' take take"ttler netler hetler "ttler ttler " no place " " Marian Dunn said , said"satbtinadi saidsatbtinadi " t Est tbe be mad ! " ' \ tt1sit 4lit Is it ' , * thePick Mad or no mad , , the S Pick pickRill wlu W J Rill . never take BIlly S BIllyIn BillyIi In Ii . . ' " fe \fa fa 'ii'i iii Infa \ : ' ' ' thiJ tiffs thiJabout about it " , Mr . . Dunn , , 1adas ' "drawled drawled aa " drawled . . "We're Were " ' ' corn com corn- . - cornagainst against bigeer bigger thInes things here "ereWn hereOpen "ere ere " l herel Wn Open fight over whether or andJ Wheeler orWheeler wall will stand Up and 1 . . J Inedlcme med1eme "eaicme eaicme " for bustinj bustine buattn the ' thet-Alter thet Alter lK ' 5- 5 - 5After After - all aU , there's theres ' ' some- some . - b someb ' some"nit somenit somehat somebat " -hat hat - bat atyour your JOur mece niece says . Tu . Ian b yi that bitii itiiyi tonight or tomorrow itii tan tomorrowtan tomorrowraise raise up Q a posse of a We'd Wed aWe'd aWed "e'd ed " ' look good toilantp + toBBa _ . trying trymg . . . to ilantp kinp BBa a * hundred ki kii -i- i - i.1 - .1 1 men " ' Dunn buns " yellowed bellowed , , , "You You " stand 6 ten till < 11 lne- lne me - _ . " reeler , Wheeler lneWheeler teler cut in . in . . "He's Hes " ' ' right , ( Htf ! , ' y Htfy V Wb boe1er Wbeler ? ; eler ' ; looked Val Douglas p7 ' ' " "Val Val 'Val Val ' ' ' ' i nerl'L110651 nerlL110651 doesn't doesnt " strIke 61"6 616 me " Iler meIler r that would be right " n 4 , he saId at last "But But " tt ' it "Butit 110 110raise lm to raise his percentage , to toI1lU . 'em.c gomg going to leave 'em em ' -.c .c . - I1lU Hor.e Hore Horse orse . " do nothing nolhi nolhil nolhiMler ! of the kind , " , Uln ! told himg him . "I'm Im " ' boss 1 1er l I Mler eeIer er sprawled 1e e " ' relaxed"e relaxede relaxed , , 'li'ere liere Were " I I'li'ere share metare resting . , , and met metevenly , are others110t otherstot evenly , . if U the others 110t tot "derstand derstand understand " " . of theof why the the 94 turned to this nmore trlOte b readily than to any tiine time coulded of at need , they could couldc . c thatt I t . ed edsOmething at " sOmething ething about that that'q Lt 'q q ' 'qI t them now . , " , know km ow > w as you can stop stopig ig Feeler Wheeler Whceler said aJ saidaJ aJlias fly \lias lias Ras \ ' hardly " 'rtwalt rtwalt ' ly'u lyu Walt ! ? breakingItl breaking Amos it hamit Itl 8 canle came ham ham- ' . - the ttKA .e e . door . - d CIL\PTER CIL PTER 1LtP'fER 1LtPfER \ ' VCaine V - 1 1torte torte /r r / ( ) lotc081 riU riUr rcarne e withoute carne Caine " ' alone one , , without withoutirdi withoutr Wheeler's Wheelers ' " 'Tier's Tiers ' ' ' 'ray ray ' r . . surrender surrenderIh : 1 took tookas Ih as a matter of ofa lough lougha OUgh \a a \ aOUgh OUgha a close observer observerf observertilt de detected detecteda f ! tilt ctect ctectn n a certaIn - It was nearly six in the mOrning as morningas they rolled down the dusty ruts rutstoward toward the first test of strength strengthsmce strengthsince smce since the kilUng killing at Short Creek . . . torBilly forBIlly S Three 00 cars " drove 9 to InspIration P tion , for BIlly Wheeler had reserved certain privileges certainprivileges thesheriff of free action acbon ; and the sherIff aloneIn returned to Insplra Inspiration tion alone in Asecond his own car , as he had come . A second car was driven by Horse Dunn HorseDunn , , , who .ho ho . took with him Gil Baker , Steve BakerSteve Hurley , , and Tulare Callahan CaUahan'and CaUahanand ; ; ' , and-what and what - what seemed more important -Marian Marian - Marian importantMarian Dunn , , between Val Doug Doug- - . las Douglas and her huge uncle m in the front , seat frontseat The Old Man of the 94 was waspossessed possessed waspossessed by a vague persistent hope persistenthope timeMarian that somewhere , , some soma time , whichwould Marum Marian \ would ould see something which whichwould thebalance would change her opinions as to the balance of force and justice in the theRed Red I Hills lls ranges . . BillyWheeler Old Man Coffee rode with BIlly Wheeler , , who drove his own road road- roadster roadster roadster - ster . . Cot-fee Cot fee Coffee "There There " In that one car , , " said Cof- Cof - - fee feeatchmg , watching \\atchmg atchmg \ Horse Dunn's Dunns ' tower of dust ofdust , "goes goes " all that's thats ' left of the 94 94outfit 94outfit 94outfit outfit ; ; except for you and me , who donlt don't dont whodon't whodont whodonlt ' ' really belong here . " Billy BilIy Wheeler nodded "I I " 1 couldn't couldnt ' hardly couldn'thardly couldnthardly "thatHorse thatHorse believe , " he said , "that that " " Horse was trying to run 20,000 20000 , headof head headof headof of cattle , even through the quietmonths qUiet qUietmonths quietmonths months , , with only four men and hunsel himself andhimself andhunsel ! . . " "He's Hes " ' got 20,000 20000 , , head , has he ? " "The The " book count shows 20,000 20000 , 20,000head 20000head head . Allowing Allowmg for death losses , , he hesupposes hesupposes hesupposes thousand.Short thousandShort supposes he's hes ' got 14 to 16 thousand . . . Short handed as he is , he can't cant ' beright be berIght beright rIght sure . . " Coffee "I've Ive " ' ' seen the day , " Old Man Cof Cof- Coffee Cof- Cof Coffee - fee said , " "two two " , three years ago , , ' ' . l.ff lff . 1t 1tA t ; I A - - . - z ze e x o . , , geT " . h y- y yx - NCaM ' t tx \ \ \ * \x\ x \ x"For \ "For For " One Tlung-l'rlagoon Tlung l'rlagoon lrlagoon Thing-Magoon Thing Magoon Thing - ' Magoon Wasn't Wasnt Wasn'tKilled Wasn'tKilled WasntKilled Wasn'tKilled ' Killed by No ' Man l'rlan lrlan on a Horse Horsel ! " when the 94 bunkhouse never heldless held heldless heldless less than 12 or 15 hands . And m in mroundup inroundup inroundup roundup times tunes ' I've Ive ' ' seen better than than50 50 riders follow the 94 wagons But ButI ButI ButI I guess those days are gone . " Coffee suggested that Horse Dunn Dunnwas Dunnwas Dunnwas was getting gettmg old "It's Its .It's .Its " . ' ' hard for us usold usold usold old fellows to bend to new ways of ofhandlmg ofhandling ofhandling handlmg handling cows-or cows or cows - - or men But Horse HorseDunn HorseDunn HorseDunn Dunn might just as well get ready to torealIze torealize torealize realIze he has to He's Hes ' forced his hisway hisway hisway way for a long time ; ; but comes a atIme atime atime tIme when he can't cant ' force it nomore no nomore nomore more " "And And " that , . , " Wheeler said , , "lS lS "is is "lSwhat "iswhat "iswhat iswhat " what we've weve ' ' got to save him horn from from.For fromFor rom . . For God 1J0d knows he'U heU he'll hell ' never bow his hishead hishead hishead head ! ! It's Its ' up to you , . , more'n moren ' ' any any- anybody anybody anybody - body . " "Don't Dont " ' ' count on me . " That was Old Man Coffee's Coffees ' atti atti- attitude attitude . - tude . . Because o of his uncommon uncommonSIXth uncommonsixth uncommonsixth SIXth sense in handling handlmg a trail andbecause and andbecause andbecause because of his widely heard-of heard of heard.of heardof - . luckin luck luckin luckin in making makmg shrewd deductions . , , OldMan Old OldMan OldMan Man Coffee had been called in m on onmany onmany onmany many a mystery killing in the inter inter- intermountain intcr-mountain intcr mountain - - . mountain country . But though he heworked heworked heworked worked hard without cost to any- any anyone any any- anyone anyone - one , he stubbornly avoided an offi offi- official officoal official - - cial coal responslb responsibility Ity . . "I I " got nothmg nothing nothmgto nothingto nothingto to do with it " That was the Coffeetheme Coffee Coffeetheme Coffeetheme theme song on a murder case . But now he added , ' 'Something'swrong Somethingswrong ' Something's Somethings Something'swrong Something'swrong ' ' wrong When I first looked at thIS thIScase thiscase thiscase case I thought it was open and shut shutBut shutBut shutBut But something's somethings somethmg's somethmgs ' the matter WIth WIththIS withthis withthis thIS case Somebody knows some some- something something . - thing they're theyre ' not telling telIIng me " Billy BiUy Wheeler waited , , but the in informatIon information information formatIon which silence would have havebrought havebrought havebrought |