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Ihffh throuch through tbe the ( Ir tlllnen stillness alliin . . aDd and Early EarlyDill EarlyHill EarlyBill Dill Hill rr felt f-it f it . - ! & a I&ab Iab stab & tah of I pain ( lain I leaning eanlnl caning againsf . alalrntan againsfan , alnlt alnltaD aD an old aid < > 1 < 1 pine ln h , hirxeil blnsed bl . d away at a man mancra.llnl mancrat mancrail cra.llnl crallnl crat . tog ln ( thriifli tbrouch through * the th * bUlhel bushes u he Then Th.D ThD . he helaull helaugI b laull laugI ed for be he bad had Ihot shot tbe the man I hat hatorr hatoff orr off IT Stafierlni 8ta.rlnl 8tarlnl Staggering " . b C him ume ) me * Early Kill lUll 11111 leD sent sentGautbo ertjiiirlr & Jaurbo Gautbo { Orleia Orlca Ortega , one n * of ( bl hi 1s . M.dcan Mdcan Mesican M.dcanhandl Mesicanhands Mexicanhan . handl hands > for ( r Do Dc Doe * " , J e " and an l tbe the th * Judie Judge JudieNow JudgeNow JuJrNew Now CMllBU cODtlDue continue * w wllh with lb tir tbe the storyCIIAPTEIt tfry story tfryDoc CIIA CIIAPTEIt MER II . IIDoc Doc Joe and the Judge were at t the theKIng theKing theKing KIng Cole It H i ch ell cii almost as soon soonas soonas soonas as the th young Mex can They four d dfour dfour dfour four of ot the th ranch hands handa hangir hangil hauigir gliround gtaround g ground -round round liround taround - the th hous house , . scraping dirt with withthe withthe withth the t < t < es of pI pf their lop sided boots look lookJng lookJag looking Jng Jag as though they didn dldn t mean to tolook tolook tolook look lookworried worried At the sound aound of ot speed speedIng speedlag speeding Ing lag hoof hoofs hoob , and wheels they jerked up upU upti upU U ti eir eJr elr heads and one on man came cam * out outof outof outof of the hour house a small smafl mahogany mahoganybrown mahoganybrown mahoganybrown brown man who looked as bard hard as asnails asnails asnails nails and was harder than ha he lookedEarly lookedEarly looked Early Bill Dill a 5 foreman Cal Round Roundtree Roundtree Houndtree tree treeHowdy Howdy gents ha he said andsounded andsounded and sounded surly as though he resented resentedtheir resentedtheir resentedtheir their coming Come on InThey InThey in inThey They went In and found tound old Early EarlyDill EarlyHill EarlyBill Dill Hill sitting in his big chair lie lielooked lielooked Helooked looked more dead than aliveYou aliveYou alive aliveYou You da darned rned old fool tool snorted snortedDoc snortedDoc snortedDoc Doc Joe He put his bag down took took01Y tookof tookoff 01Y of ! his coat and rolled up his sleevesWhat sleevesWhat sleeves What did you shoot yourself yourselt tor for torOr ? Or far as that goes why the hell helldldn helldidn helldidn dldn didn t t you do It tt long ago ? Think I Ilike Ilike I like to fio go akallyhooting sknllyhooting skallyhooting all over the thecountry thecountry th thcountry country for ( or the I 1 kes of at you ? " ' Howdy-Judbe Howdy Judbe Howdy-Judte Judte Howdy - Judfce , said the oldman oldman old man by way t f ( most beautifully b'auUfully bauUfully ( ' Ig Ignorlng ignoring ignoring norlng noring Doc Joi Joe and all his words wordsI I ve ye got to get you onto a bed bedDIU bedBill bedBill DIU Bill said sold Doc Doe Jo Joi Jot . . - I can t get getat getat g tat at you right tills this way sitting slltmg on a achair achair achair achairI chair chairlain chairI lain I am ain t going to bed Most likely likelyworking likelyworking likelyworking working me over you re going to tokill tokill tokill kill me anyhow and if It 1 I ve ye got to toget toget toget get murdered I d like it better sit sit- sittlng sitting sitting - - ting tlng upI up upIt upIt I It ! the old buzzard won t go to tobed tobed tobed bed Judge being that superstitious superstitiousand and sLaredat scaredof scared sLared of at dying because of ot the thedevil thedevil thedevil devil waiting waltlni , to grab him said saidDoc saidDoe saidDoc Doc Doe Joe lend me a hand to heave heavehis heavehis heavehis his old carcass up on this here her * ta ble Now Bill you coma come off ofT your yourhigh yourhigh yourhigh high horse and do as I say or I U II Ubat IIbat Ubat bat your brains outIt outIf out outIf If It I had any ony brains you pill pillroUer pillroPer pillroller roUer roPer grumbled . ! t.arly tarly .l.arly l.arly larly Early . Bill do doyou doyou doyou you think I d let you put your mur murderlng murdering murdering derlng dering hands on me ? The Th two helped him to stand and andwith andwith andwith with what smallaid small aid ha he could give givethem givethem givethem them got him stretched out on top topof topof topof of the table Doc Joe s a skilful sklU'ul sklUul ' hands bands handswhether bandswhether handswhether whether or not murderous IIwlftly swiftly IIwlftlydenuded swiftlydenuded swiftlydenuded denuded him from trom neck neek to belly beily beilyband bellyband * ' band and removed the make shift shiftbandage shiftbandage shiftbandage bandage Then for tor a time the th physic phyaicianand phy phyician sic aician-and aician and ician lan-and lan and - and thcra there was not a more moreskilled moreskilled moreskilled skilled within riding range of Bald BaldEaglekept BaldEaglekept BaldEagle Eagle--kept Eagle kept Eagle-kept - - kept his tongu tongue * In his mouthai mouthal mouth al ai d gave himself hlmseU himsell shrewdly to his hiswork hiswork hiswork hisworkTh work workThe The Th Judge stood by watching walchlng In Ina ina ina a detached sort of way as though thoughwillI thoughwiliiu thoughwilin willI wiliiu ! g enough to stick around in incase Incase incase case a hand were needed but mildly mildlybored mildlybored mildlybored bored Tlie The n en era outside stood look lookIng looklag lookIng Ing lag in at the open door only Cal CalRoundtree CalRoundtree CalRoundtrce Roundtree came in he h didn dldn t t know knowthat knowthat knowthat that he was walk waUc ng on tip toesSometime toesSometime toes toesSometime Sometime later when Early Bill BillCole BillCole BillCole Cole ret reI rned med to a m sty sort of ot con conSCI consci consci SCI usi usu ess he made out that he was wasIn wasin wasIn In his bid btd ted undressed bound about aboutwith aboutwith aboutwith with withwhat what he j Iged to be a couple coupleot coupleof couplaof ot of miles of ot ba be J I ) ge and stuffed Into Intoone intoone intoone one of at his I 1 i r g In ta led night gowns gownsAt gownsAt gownsAt At the moment s a n in ehow ha he didncare didn t tcare tcare tcareHe care careHe carelIe He lIe had stirred very slightly slighUy and andon andon andon on the instant the two old cronies ot of othis ofhis ofhis his popped into his roomWell roomWell room roomWell7 Well Well7 Well ? ' he demanded as sharply sharplyas as he tie co Id n II anageYou anageYou anage anageYou You si Sl at re cc bled like a stuck stuckhawl stuckhawk stuckhawfc hawl hawk . I 1) 1 D ) c J e C told him Who Whoshot Whoshot Whoshot shot y 1111 1111I U B III 11 II 11I I wo I 1 I 1 t t k w Doc Doe Ula that t s a the thehell thehell thahell hell of it S " , y If It y u boys happen happento I to see a feller " ' wear 'ear ear vear ng rig a light IIghl col colored colored colored I ored bttt&on bttton Stttson td & ! > on WIU w > U a hule hole bole in It--or It or it-or Itorwe'ir itorwear it - - orweir we'ir weir wear ' g nu no hat a tlll-Qr tlll Qr ill-or ill or t I ill - - or 01 oi c e brand brandney brandnev brandnew ney nev , out OUI of ot U tl ti e st sl r re ( ' Hut But let stake stakeup s take takeup takeup up bus busi I l"S lS cas < . < " s lifun ttfOfL tifort iliasurc iltasure tluasure as the thefeller theteller theteller feller teller says s.ys sys . 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[ eared to be tak g gmatters gmatters Kmatters matters J ] ) idldally Idlclally idiclally under ads ad ad\ ad adsrmit \ s se semit srmit ( ' I Iml1 ml1 mit L I t . Thty 111LY Th&y Thy & 1 I ( fted fled ted Early B D 11 II ai al d dgot dgot dgot got his dr nk do\\ do do\\n do n don dov.n dovn \ \ . n him Then they theybad theyhad theybad bad had one apieceThe apieceThe apiece apieceTh I theyI The Th draft dratt brought the sick and andwounded andwounded andwounded wounded man mars a flush of strengthHe strengthHe strength , He spoke spok apok * . mora more clearlySquat clearlySquat clearly clearlySquat Squat " . , ) ' you 'ou ou boy boys . and listen lilteo Ustan Me Meru MeF MeFU I clearlyI ru F ! ] do tha the talkl11g talking talkl11gThe talkingThey talkingTh The They y , dragged draaged up caalra chain chairs . . . First Doc let s kn w where we west weat weit st at it II d I need a I ttle time and a amite amite amite mite of ot stren U It I m un not no go ng to top top top p p 1) 1 ) off otT in a i t 1 u y like a QIlndle oandle QIlndleblown oandleblown aandleblown blown out am nun I I7 P ' 1 I f fcl fLel hel -cl cl - pretty good goodafter , ; goodafter ood oodatter atter after that drii drlr driz kYou kYou k kYou You ra re a t U ( bt ht old bird Dill Bill Dillsaid Billsaid Billsaid said Doc Joe Uu Iio tl U Ii u o gt < I t tfully ttully K II 11 you youhadn youhadn youhadn hadn t t been on tl tI Li e skids anyhow anyhowthis anyhowthis anyhowthis this thing wouldi wouldr wouldu t I t t 1 t a ave ve d ) > ie le se you In InIt inIt inIt It s a Just hurryir hurryu g U ir II gs g al < ( < ng uig some someNo someNo someNo No there s a . no ru rusli ruii ' , h Si l y tha the word wordand wordand wordand and I can keep b sting stlllg you along- along alongOh alongOh along alongOh - Oh how do I ki kl ku w w7 ? ' Anyhow shuot shoot shuotthe shootthe shootthe the . A'orks Aorks .Norks Norks xorks ' and tak take takc . your time timet timef timel l t f air enougli enough enouglii enough.J enoughI -i i .J J . - d grac graL as ami arni amigo arnigo amigo go said Farly [ U 13 3 11 Il Here Her * we goIt goIt go goIt It was a fairly talrly long iong one sided sidedtalk sidedtalk sidedtalk talk talkwith with Bill Dill L C Ie le now and thent thenf then t f ( reed fLed to silence IIId uuid > nd rest , , , and be betore before before tore fore the tine confere con/ere con ere / e was over every everyman everyman everyman man of ot them had hod taken several severaldnnks severaldrinks severaldrinks dnnks drinks And pn pretty tty nearly every everytime everytime everytime time that Doc Doe Joe Jue went for tor the thedrinks thedrinks thdrinks * drinks the th * Judl.e Judle Judie Jud . , e got up und and went wentoutside wentoutside wentoutside outside and nearly every time Um * the theJudge theJudge theJudge Judge played Hebe Doc Joe stepped steppedout steppedout steppedout out Into the patioFortunately patioFortunately patio patioFortunately Fortunately b th Doc Doe Joe and the theJudge theJudge theJudge Judge knew pretty well what Early EarlyDill EarlyBill EarlyBill Dill Bill Cole had In mind unbid though the thedefinite thedefinite thdefinite * definite thing the Id fellow tellow was go go- goIng gotag going - - ing tag to do had yet to be told tod ] Merely Merelytaking Merelytaking Merelytaking taking into consideration the tacts facts tactsot factsof factsof ot of the case the whole thing should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be sin pie enough since sine * it was wasmerely wasmerely wasmerely merely the making of at a will But Butthey Butthey they saw the old familiar gleam In InEarly inEarly inEarly Early Bill s 5 eyes and were dead sure surethat surethat surthat * that right up to the last he was wasplotting wasplotting wasplotting plotting some som * sort Bort of ot devilment devilmentHadn . Hadn ltadn t I he said to them on one on * occaI1 occa occaY I I1 I1i11W'l i11W'l i11Wl ' IP"1 IP1 IP"1You " You Y i sure bled ble like a ! stuck tuck haw hawgDoe hawg & , 'Do Do ' . Doc Doe * Joe J * tld told * hImalon him himsion sion sian alon I m having : me a barrelful barreltul ot of ottun offun oftun tun fun when I m dead Both his listen listeners listenera listeners ers era rcmen remen be bercd bered red that remark and andwere andwere andwere were to recall it more than once In Indays indays indays days to c meThey meThey me meThey They figured that they knew Early EarlyBill EarlyBill EarlyBill Bill Cole prttty putty pretty well tho gh they theyhad theyhad theyhad had to adn adIT ado it they d had the pleas pleasure pleasure pleasure ure of ot his tr fr cndship endship endshlp for ( or somethIng somethInglIke somethinglike somethinglike lIke twe ty ly or twenty five years yearsonly yearsonly yearsonly only A id ld ud that much longer ago agothan agothan agothan than U tI Li It > t he had had two Iwo fr ( r e ds dswho dswho dswho who h d n a n e Int mt nt m in ich Jch uch very much touch to tohim tohim tohim him furty Forty P |