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( to rlS I , rlSt ( " t I ( to Kern herD Case s store \ v.1 v1 sl . 1 erefltf erek ere ereFI fltf IIKpo FI " beall he be "ill ill \\all all till " \ find " "d d " "ack ack Hack flack " As he ho .s s is istang . ls11.to ls11to thIflU k ' . Hercndecn Herendeen ilerendeen appears Ink . in .n n int tang , to Cise case k t , iWVKI doo'way dooway doorwiY doorwiYSi ' . ri10 vlth with the storyCB story storyCHIPTEK cODW1a cocuunc eontin5O Si \ . , " ! - CD CB CHIPTEK CDPTER \PTER PTER 1PTER \ 1Or X 1 " \ . XOi O-i O i Or - Ihe the same day Morgan returned returnedrom returnedfrom returnedkm C ty Charley H llhousej llhouseId llhouse rom from ! Sage S ge into Three Pines Pmes and re.lied retilted re Id , pulled nulled \.lied .lied tilted \ . ried b h hs s fa failure ure to HerendeenB HerendeenBHI Herendeeniotb Herendeen ,0111 0111 iotb , HI of o ( them had been thoroughlyria thoroughlyens thoroughly and no v Her.ideen Her Hcr ria ens ; n a of o ( success istomshed "lstomshed lstomshed astonished silencele silencetieback silence silenceetact sit sat in m lit " .ideen ideen . lieen een le tieback > etact back ! of h s neck flushing flushmg and h s sj si sjel H Ilhouse IIhouse IlhouseMrleY IIhouseyirley llhousejailer freezing freezmg 0 o 01 1 r j i _ el ees eyes e ) es -MrleY MrleY yirley - felt ( eit th s bad luck keenly Itas it personal loss to him so soDlplete somplete soaplete as .1 1 . , , a Dlplete mplete was h hs s loyalty to theaneb the aach 3Dch aneb ' so part san a man he v . was wase as ase e rolled a c garette laying laymg h s sBoulders saiiilders Boulders uIders against agamst a porch post post'bere postlitre posttide in themole themole the theaoltK 'bere bere litre ' was no sweetness sv.eetness sveetness . mole aoltK moleIf 11 If we d kept that damned notice noticera noticem ra m another t t venty four hours- hours hoursHerendeen hoursHerendeen hours hoursHerendeen - Herendeen said He was at the thean theawe Iheaee an awe e Fr day n ght ghL . He couldn t of'tII ofen of 'tII tII ' a en it That s why Harry Jump Jumpnine Jumpiw nine me to to TO vn vii in m such a lather lather'lat lather'ltd lathertit 'lat lat 'ltd ltd ' ' d he pay pay7 pay7Eleven ? ' Eleven 'Eleven ' thousand'Wby thousand'Why thousand TOy 'Wby Wby 'Why Why ' , ' d dn do t t you keep on on1 ? ' ' sad saderendeen sa d derendeen dsrendeen erendeen irr tably Why d dn do t tiL tl iL snow h m 10 under7 under ? ' My God Char Charq Chary 11 q I tend send you YOll tv two . 0 hundred miles2'omethmg miles 11 2'omethmg 2omethmg < ' omethmg v . we e had to ha ha\e ha e hatia \ e andSB andII andat and II at ! buckle up"You up"You up up"You " " "You You " set the lim 11m lun t , t , po nted out outbouse outhouse outLllnuse -bouse bouse house - ! _ I went to the limit and andtJ"s andtips andii tJ"s tJs tips " ( all I could do do-s do s . . - . . You should have figured the the.JUt the.zit theait .JUt JUt .zit zit . . didn duin t mean a thing thIDg agamstIn.gan againstko.gan against agamst In.gan Ingan ko.gan kogan . can . { canHillhouse In.ganHillhouse ko.ganHillhouse Hillhouse defended himself WIth WIth.mt withpit withat .mt mt pit . warmth I m no mind mmd read readr r I can cant t gueoS gue.s gues guess . v . what whats hat s in m yourld yourad your ad , il ld Ben When you layout lay out some Ig .ng ng . : . . ai for me t ty to do e a ether ther then give glVe me meee mert ee rem rein or erse else efse be damned sure surei sureayes sureyou iyou ayes i/ i ? / you tell me to do it He threwt threwe threw e c carette garette away Well we veJIIlt yeout ve ye velit JIIlt lit out it it"Charley It"Charley ItCharley JIIlt"Charley "Charley Charley " " sa d Herendeen the't'JIltry thexntry the theMitrj Mitrj 't'JIltry tJIltry xntry ' am aIn t t b g enough for bothJorgan bothorgan both Jorgan organ ! nan { and me"So meSo me me&l &l l "So So " & its it t s fight said H llhouse and andet andet andrt et toe the long s lence lance fall wh while e he he1berly hedberly heAeriy 1berly dberly cons dered the answer Hebed Hetoed He Heihcd ! ihcd bed toed l a little httle and at last shruggedn shruggedw shrugged 14 w ihoulders shoulders Been a long tune time tuneJIlDlg timefining timeMmt timeMmtHtrendeen JIlDlg fining ! JIlDlgHerendeen finingHerendeen Htrendeen Herendeen said Stay clear of It it , , , 'tarley tarley ' ' . uriey .arley arley if it you feel like th thatHillhouse that thatHiDhouse t tI HiDhouse Hillhouse I lhouse ! shook h s bead head No Not -t t . ! - mused a man can t be ha half lf of ofie ofoethng oftt ie ! oethng 111 fling 111ng ng and half of another He de dx d e x : a n m ehty ghty poor man I 111 II ll do wha whatgot what whattot t tgot tot got to do If U it means I lt lit 1 It ! a ar.m afm ara r.m rm fm . agamst against { amst Clay Morgan I 111 II ll do It- It st- st Itud stud it - ud A God take pity on me for It itt ItHe itNt He Nt ! lave gave Herendeen searchingPanee searchingtboce a searching searchingwn Panee tboce " But don dont t make no mls mss mssakes mis"M misM .ales ales akes mls.ales callas . " about Clay When you call as ! " S hind band hand you bet er be ready to go gom gonibt goflu nibt flu t on e0 w th it it . . What do I say to toiBlheahe hiIn tohiIn toCmoshenhe hiInIIben Cmoshenhe IIben he asks me to move those thoseroa'sl thoseWt ' ' rots roa'sl roasl ' ? roa'sltat Itt 'Let Let tat ' him bun hum worry about that "Ilhouse Ilhouse Ihouse Hillhouse I ! thatI thatHillhouse " d ddnt dn do tIthe t like the ansv answ answer"M answerM . er ertrod erail trod " " ' Ms 'as as was on the po nt of saying saymg as as"Ml asMl ail ailwas much asmuch muchShen " Ucb " , when Shen hen Herendeen fcroke Itroke broke m in mrt inr p inp tht cht glut now we ve ye got Hack Breath Breathr Breathto BreathNib rt rtcht Nib r ! to B End find Talto , , Take out nut three throo four fn men r n n18d i meni thLkH 18d beat * ' " ! up th the e eHillhouse country around LkH LkHeHillhouse . U Ubeat aroundBill aroundLake LakeIeJWIhouse Laketh Lake LakeMiaouse IeJWIhouse thatHe Miaouse hadn t heard about that thatie that'd thatd that'dhuts He ! " " lad sad ladhut ' \/hut hut Nhut \ \/huts huts \ / / s he done done7 ? ' When When'endeen When"ttendecn Whenttendecn WhenIRerendeon ie ! ielad IRerendeon " 'endeen endeen ' deredOVer told him rum he cons dered OVer er a 'ong ong long ' ardss interval mterval Atterw Afterv Afterw . ards s . ioulders shoulders "Idcrs Idcrs " rose and f fell ( ' 11 ex expres pres e prese expresely ely expres'rshakng ' ) ' shak 'rshakng rshakng shakng ng av . manyerror away ay a good many man } ) tmor error 'oores oores ' es I I guess the w wild d bunchgot bunchgot bunch . Eot got him hun Been Becn teetenn teeterm teeterin on onedge on'Mgt onMgt longwt longe ' edge onedge ol of crookedness a long e Well IU III Ill find h hm m I < QDg "t t " Charleyuse as " he had knOv known . n Charley " use " t it astonished astomshed Herendeen Herendeen"at Herendeenat that Herendeenthat " h hs s foreman shot should d so soy soJ y ) ' accept the dismal chore of of.M ofnllng ofmfg nllng mfg : beeno beenS down a man v.ho vho who . had been S o ti ! hia Ius his . deep friends fnends after after"todeen .M M Long afterhouse afterDiu house Diu ! bad had theIa lIned out across the tS Ia , -"todeen "todeen todeen - . Herendeen Iferendeen " " aroundwli aroundhead puzzled it around head As A tor for himself Heren Heren'tQ Heren'ti ' 'tQ tQ 'ti ti ' had hadno Had r no icruples scruples to explam explain explainllii I.y Iy . T He Re Ius protectIus . was a cattleman " "leman leman " protecte protect Iusrange range v by "J J " whatever WUdieVI-A WUdieVI A - means meansY JJJCilJJa I essar meansessar e " "y y " rrange Y ) ' With an ambition to ex that exthat " "nge nge range " 1 by whatever means t1ta Atd ! eSsar meanseSsar meansessary essary " 7 ) ' A man in th s land had had"in if he "in in em ! " holdIn holdem if u ifV was b g enough "eh eh " to hold bad had h he be t . tasnt < asn t big enough thcn then thentn no ' 'o o ' rights ! 8hts This was Heren1J Heren Ileren 1J 1JI but ut entirelyut I 0 . Philosophy aQsophy ? entirely "ely ely " ln lillhouse H1lhouse " ad ada coolad "house house had in his long cool coolltd a * strange ' " Cd ange standard of right Gdwrong Wrong " Ihat fiat Ihatof fiatof th.0"6 th.06 th06 . snd and a zeal as passionate 4n an 4 ofan r of ofa , a tandtlc fanatic " "tic tic " This kind kmd of oftl could coOd " do terrible thmgs things " ' ' and andrM tl I 1 h0,330 h0330 . , "e'5 e5 " ' ( terrible e emot ' "otons otons " ons He Hc HcII \II II \ was as was'TOtlcen wasTOtlcen ' rtlldeen rendeen thought 1hnnr > ht lIkc like 1,1 11 , , . a - fcHow fellow ii . . . ck1l1g inking ' a * 6t at 'tek tek ' ck ek ckof ekof of dynamite his his"uncomfortable hisuncomfortable tjt hisat . . in m et-uncomfortnble et uncomfortnble hisetuncomfortnble at - " te vt tot .tocomfortable tocomfortable at timea times to around round ' 3- 3 , - - r1 3r1 _ , - - , r " tom s\ s sr \ -r r - ,1 1 , 1 - - I - - \ - , - " f I , , )1 1 ) 4 4iu - t I t10 t tt -10- 10 -iu- iu - 10c.t iu1etit - - 1\etit 1 etit \ c.t ct . time you go 0\ 0 0cr oler \ cr to Morgan s don t bother to come back Th s was the extent e-tent e tent - . : of Heren Heron Herendeen Herondeen Herendeen deen s thoughts on the matter Turn Turning Turning 109 ing to his ius horse he lined lmed out through throughthe throughthe throughthe the Haycreek Hills HIIls reach ng Cro v vfoot vfoot vfoot foot at support suppert me He stopped here herefor herefor herefor for his meal and later made a lIttle lIttletalk littletalk littletalk talk on the porch w th Gurd and andCather andCather andGather Cather neCharley noCharley no ne noCharley Charley pulled out this afternoon afternoonto to round up a fe v men and scout scoutthe scoutthe scoutthe the west s do de of the Moguls 'tt tt W , ' \ e a re reafter reafter reafter after Breath tt I ve ye got Bones Mc McGeen McGeen MeGeen Geen up on the h gh tra trail near nearKetchell nearKetchell nearKetchell Ketchell sGurd SGurd s sGurd Gurd sa d Believe I 111 II 11 go sit In InwIth inwith inwith wIth Charley Where you go ng ng7Toward ? ' 'Toward Toward ' ' FreeportGurd Freeport FreeportGurd I Gurd said Better be careful carefulThat carefuLThat careful.That carefulThat . That s a tough d strictHerendeen strictHerendeen strict strictHerendeen Herendeen let out a huge laugh laughas laughas as he . went v.ent vent to his horse Gurd Gurdhe Gurdhe Gurdhe he said I never saw the man I Iwas Iwas Iwas was afraidof afraid of or the piece of brush brushI I couldn t r de through . . Late fall s stv stwil stwil tv twil . 11 ght began to deepen around the theyard theyard theyard yard it turned the porch gray grayProm grayFront grayFrom Prom Front h s horse Herendeen watched watchedCatherine watchedCatherine I ICatherme Catherme Catherine . Mho v.ho vho who had said nothing nothmg at atall atall all These shadows quenched the theshmmg theshining theshining shmmg shining of her copper red ha r But Butshe Butshe Butshe she was strong and shapely the theroundness theroundness theroundness roundness of her upper body hav hay haymg having I Img mg its effect on h m Her face facewas facewas : was a pale oval against agamst the dark darkbackground darkbackground darkbackground background her eyes were very veryblack veryblack veryblack black When she st rred arms slow slowly slowly slowly ly rising rlsmg beh nd her head and chang changI changmg Changing changing I mg ing the shape of her silhouette Her Herendeen Herendeen Herendeen endeen had his moment s mtense intense mtensedesire intensedesire intensedesire desire to get down from the horse horseHad horseHad horseHad Had Gurd not been there he v . would wouldhave wouldhave ould ouldhave have done so He only said See Seeyou Seeyou Seeyou you later and fell into mto the Free Freeport Freeport Freeport port road never forgetting forgettmg how she shehad shehad shehad had lookedAs lookedAs looked lookedAs As soon as he had bad gone Cather Catherme Catherine Gatherme me ine said to her brother You don t tmean tmean tmean mean that Gurd Stay out of It it itHack . . Hack has done nothing nothmg to usGurd usGurd us usGurd Gurd walked down the stepsNever stepsNever steps stepsNever Never mind mmd We ve ye got to st ck ek cktogether ektogether cktogether cktogetherShe together togetherShe She sa d Do you real ze it 1S is 1SCIa isClay isCla CIa Clay ) s fr friend end you re trying trymg to kill kill7 kill7Then ? ' Then he had better |