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Wai We might bava have whacked 6n nn n the th * road we ju.t jut lust lu . t droveWhat drove droveWhat drovWhata What s the matter with you yout you1 ? At Atyou Are Arevou Aryou * vou you : trying to dieT die ? " | "Hub Hub "Huh Huh " uh 00 ub , " , " . aaid .aid aid geld Melody He H * cache cachebin cocked cockedbiB cockedhia biB bin hat bat to one on * aide aid * , to block the lb lbflat tnflat * flat at ray ray rays . of the th * sun'Then aim sun aim"Then ' "Then Then 'Then " ' what In the name of heav beav- beav bear beaven beare heaven - en- en e en - , " en"Well " "WeU WeU "Well Well " , " Melody Melodysaid Melod Melody aatd said with witb reluc reluc- relui reluctance reluctance reluithrice - tance thrice , . 'I'll Ill ' ' I'U IU I'll Ill ' tell you . . it if you got to toknow 1 1know toknow know It Ifa It's Its ' . becauae becaue because , there'a therea there's theres ' ' a coup couple coupleof couplof ] * of thinga tb1ngs things I X don't dont ' ' understand under.stand . about aboutthis aboi aboithis aboutthia this here " Cherry Cheny de Longpr Lonepre Longpre * looked at him himtor hir hirtor himor tor ( a long time with blank eyes"I eyes"I eyea eyes eyea"I "I I " never aaw saw anybody like lik * you youbefore ye yebefore youbefore before , . , " ahe sbe she aald said at ot laat last ' But I'll Ill I'lltell I I'Utell IUtell ' ' ; tell you why I brought brougbt you here her * " . She drov drove the tbmu . * , mustang tang team for- for forward tot totward tor-ward tor ward - ward a little way , in among b bruins the theruins thrulna * ruins of the ranch ' "Thia Thia 'Tb18 Tb18 'This This ' " la Is calle calleBurnt called calledBurnt caUedBurnt Burnt Ranch ndw n now w , " aha Ibe she told hin hin"But b1rn biro"But biroBut . . . "But But " It uaed used to be the Rowntree Bowntree ' " "I I 'I ' " 1 heard of them old pirates pirates"Melody piratesMelody . : , ' " ' Melody laid"Then said'Then aaid laid said aaid"Then " ' "Then Then 'Then " forget what wbat you heard . , . ' " she the he told him bim shortly"Back shortly shortly"Back "Back Back " there ther * behind that big chim ch1m- ch1m cifn ch1mney cifnney chimney - ney arch , , where wbere the adobe stmstands stil stilstands atUI stm stands tanda ao so thick-that thick that thick - that uaed used to be the thefruit tb tbfruit thefruit fruit cellar " Cherry Cheny went on , , withsucb will willsuch with sucb such uch atubbomneaa atubbornneas stubbornness that aha IIbe she seemed seemedunperturbed seemek seemekunperturbed aeemedunperturbed unperturbed "Mra Mra "Mrs Mrs " Rowntre Bowntree Rowntree * wal wala wa waa waaa a great hand band tor for canning atuft stuft stuff U Uyou I Iyou Ifyou you hunted bunted under that rubblah rubbIsh , , you'd youd you'i youi you'ifind you'dfind youdfind ' ' nd find the th * broken cans cana with labels on on'em oe oe'em on'em onem 'em em ' ' that Mra Mrs Rown Rowntree Rowt4ree 'ee ee ' wrote " Canning 'Canning ' . atufl .tuft tuft stun i is . a fine thing thing"Melody thingMelody . , ' " Melody said ' . Did you ever put up upany ul ulany upany any cinnamon peara pears ? " , ' " What ? " "Notbin Notbin 'Nothin Nothin "Nothin ' " ' ' ' Excuse roe me , ma am anc ancgo and andgo andgo , " . go ahaid abaid ahaad Cherry went ahead and told binwhat hlm bin hlmwhat himwhat what had happened according to tober t ther toher ber her The Cottons she ahe said . , came cameInto cameinto cameInto Into the valley much mucb later than the theRowntrees theRowntrees thRowntrees * Rowntrees Anybody would think thinkthat thinn thinnthat thinkthat that there waa was enough enougb land around aroundthere aroundthere aroundthere there tor for everybody , , such luch as It waa was wasbut . , , but gut the Cottons didn't didnt ' ' ' feel that way wayThey waybey wayThey They ? bey set about driving the Bown Rown Bowntrees Rownawe Rowntrees trees awe . out and their methods were werean werein werean an in old story all over the West They Theystarted Theystarted Theystarted started with the handy bandy use llSe , of run runnIng runiing running nIng iing irons ironl and the lamln laming , of borses horse horsesand . , , , and aometimea aometimes sometimes a night stampede stampedeand , , end worked up to a fu1ll'ange-wreck fu1ll'ange fu1llange wreck fu1ll'angewrecklng full range-wreck range wreck ' range-wrecking range wrecking rangewreckng - - lng ng war with the killing kUUng of an oc- oc occasional ocasional oc occasional - casional ; asional cowboy in what wbat la is known as asa . aa .s s . a fair shoot-out shoot out - - - " in . some .ome ome place places placesas . , , , as is yet . . . Then finally a kid cowboy came cameelong camelong camealong elong ? long , , after the Rowntrees had bad lost lostabout lostbout lostabout about bout everything every\bing every bing \ they bad had and the theRowntrees thelowntrees theRowntrees Rowntrees lowntrees gave him a job for a aUttle aIttie alittle Uttle Ittie while things aeemed seemed to cbange change changethat , that hat one cowboy almoat almost reveraed reversed the thewbole thevhole thewhole wbole vhole courae course of the war He had the theCottons theottons theCottons Cottons ottons ao so well weU backed up that It Itlooked itnoked Itlooked looked noked as if the Cottona Cottons Cotton . and not notthe nothe notthe the he Rowntreea Rowntrees were going to be bedrIven beIriven bedriven drIven Iriven out of the valleyCherry valley valleyCherry Cherry told all aU thia this earnestly with withslow withlow withalow slow low worded atrength strengtb strength ot of effect ef'lect eflect effect't'he effectThe ' ' ' The 'The 't'he ' name of thia this cowboy ' ' Chery Cher Cherry Cherry ry y aaid said at the end of it waa wal was Monte MonteJarrad Montearrad MonteJarrad MonteJarradI Jarrad arrad JarradI arradI I kind of ot thought Melody saidIt said . , , it waa was going to be himIn him himIn In apite spite of Monte Jarrad Jarred a s amal- amal amaz amaling amazig amazme - ing ig rally Cherry went on to aay say the theend thend theend end nd of ot the war had bad been very bad badThe badhe badThe The he Cottons swarmed down one onenight onefight onenight night fight with more than forty torty men menSome menome menSome Some ome of oJf f them made pretense that It Itwas itgas Itwas was gas an Apache raid but they turned turnedout turnedut turnedout out ut to be Cottons when they were weredead wereead weredead dead ead They laid siege Intent upon uponwiping uponiping uponwiping wiping iping out put ut the Rowntree once and andlor andtr andtor lor tr all In a aingle single night Old New Newton NewIn Newton ton In Rowntree and hia his wife had only onlycouple onlya there besides besidesMonte besidesionte besidesMonte a cou couple le of cowboya cowboys Monte ionte . Jarrad .Tarrad Tarrad but they fought tought well wellfrom wellfrom from om behind the wallsOne walls wallsOne One of the cowboys cowboy . was killedrat killed killedAnt killedflnt Ant rat Then Newton Rowntree was washit wasIt washit hit It Cherry showed Melody the angle angleof angleof of ' the wall where he be went down down.He downHe . . . He e waa was shot in the throat . ahe .he he she said saidand saidrid aaidand and rid bled to death In bia bis his wife a s arm arms armsirs armsMra . Mrs irs Rowntree took up hia bia his rifle rlfte ride then thenCherry thenherry thenCherry Cherry herry pointed out the window ledgehere ledge ledgewbete ledgeI where wbete here her head bead bad had laid aa as ahe she died died.Monte diedMonte . . . Monte onte and an old cowboy called caDed Dar Da Davy Davy vy r kept on fighting moat most of the thenight theght thnight * night ght , , , until untlJ unth the flrea fires were wt't'e wtte ' act set . . . So that a s why Monte . Jarrad .Tarrad Tarrad Is Isan IsS laan * . an S outla outlaw w now " ' ahe Ibe she finiahed finished . . , snuf snuffling snufng anuffling fling ng a little Uttle ' ' "Old Old 'Old " Man Cotton had hadgot hadit badgot got it himaelf blmseU himself made aheriff sheriff the day daybefore dayMore daybefore before More the raid So now every lawthe law lawin lawIn in the world la is against Monte .Tar Tar Jar .Tarrad Jard . Jarrad rad d and end alwaya alway always I will be And the thelouthwest theuthwest thesouthwest louthwest uthwest won t be aatlsfled satisfied until untilhe untils untilbe he a s dead . . . ' ' You 'You ' ' talk good : , ' Melody aaid .ald ald said . with withre.pect withspect withreapect re.pect repect spect . . . jIve ' ' I ve beard heard lIe liea lies . to trip a abulL aill abull bulL ill . . I've Ive rye ' beard heatd heard lies Ues ilea that paid off offbigater offgger offbigger bigater gger than a 5 hundred bundred dollars doll8r dopers Butl But - - j-- j jI , I q- q q"f - ( "f f " . f1\ f1 ' ! \ \ " , ' ; I t f1t naver .QeVer QeVer never . beatd heard hetdno nn . o ' artcn CbrU , aa . aa'th aath aa'thCherrf , a * . 1Mt 1Mtlie thaiU U lie * th\U th U they/ they theyY \ ' * . / ' " ' J Y \ . { f Ii > < - $ A AChtrr } f fChettf Chettf Cherrf Chtrr turoeff pnrue ectwh1ttt twhitq whites , : ; .b b she . he , t looked lookedIf looked oted . aiIt . it If khe Ah * . were lvdre wer * about .bout bout . to go CO Up i Ulf In .moke moke stiaob . mok * , 4fyou ' ? You dar clare dare use us * that thaI word w0r4 t0 t to me neT ! * T ? Yol You fay ' 8 ' I-lle I lle 1-110-- 1 110 Ille"r 1110t - - ' "r r " - " t . 1 w w"Uh4iub ' ' ' ' " " "UhAuh UhAuh 'Ub'hu Ubhu "Uh4iub Uh4iub ' ' . . , " ' Melody Ue10 S7 Bald .ata ata said . . . o'I oI ' . . ' .X.reckon X.reckon Xreckon .X.reckonou I recta rectayou . reckoiyou you , ou wai was wa . thinking tbIDJdDa ; of BUly Billy 1J 7 . the th * JC1cS-- JC1cS JC1cShe Ih1d Ih1dhe Kid-h Kid h - - he * U # used to come comae corn * up with tdth tb them tn k1Q4 k1Q4of kit kitof kiniof of mookeyahmes mOnkeyshinee m Dkeyahtne . fcll U bl1 ! : Ute the th * whol who1e Whole * t1m tin tin110w UrnHow . * low 110w ! wa waa was . 10U 7011 you to farw JaiOw blow X I f always ltlways , lwa7 ' .top top att attby . atoby .topby ] by . and ab.d abd ofd arub-teat arub teat grub.test grubtest ( rub-test rub test - - . at chip th . * l aown Rowntreetwhenever owntiee owntieewheneiveis u . wheneiveis when X I 1 winter In W Ca1lt c.ptqmkY cptqmkY . California ratlit , ! ' " .4Ytid'OU .4YtidOU 4YtidOU . ' "Vo Vo < " yott-you yott you . > lwyou . - . ' dot " * . . * r | 1 - ( t"Thy tThy 'The The "They They ' " ' , ' * raUe raise rals * chickens chicket11 cht now DOW , , . " > ihitold t ttold b . told her1.11eJ her - "They They -1.11eJ 1.11eJ ' . " waa waf was .0000e 0000e some . som * ot of t tho.e thoe tho.etolQ tho thofolks thosifolks . tolQ folks that Usat come coin * out We West * , to a g grich gerich t trich rich . . . So . , . they tbey . cot .got got rich . , and arid ando nd \o o inovito \ move inovi moveto , < to California CaUtomia . . . Or at leant lea'at leaat lea ' , . " Idelol Idelolamended MelOdJ MelOdJamended Melodjamended amended , . "they they 'they " ' " moved movedr movedrOld . . Old MaD MaDCotton Mt MtCotton UaiCotton Cotton boue bought t th this " whole wbole 'PRad.tor PRad.tor PRadtor spread ' spread L La foi . a . hundred dollars doUar . and md a buokboal buokboalteam bu buckboarlteam kb ar team , ' ' Let it got go , n " Cherry Cberrv : said satd In a . dead deadvotce del delvoice deacvole votce voice * ' "X X "J J 'T T " Qu1t quit quit11 " . " * I IThey ( t I- I - IThey They sat aat . sUent .nent nent silent , . , p , pceritain a cerfala cet1B1n ceritain awk- awk awkwardnels avi aviwerdness awkwardness - wardnels werdness between them tQem . 'f f d # d"I'm 'f"I'm ' "I'm Im " ' ' bonr bongry . , . , , " . Melody Metod ) ' said"I'm said"Pm said said"I'm "I'm Im "Pm Pm " " ' ' u " said .all1 all1 wiUsout wiUsouthavlnl withal withalhaving withouhaving . sorry SO"7 SO7 " . , . uChern Cherry Chern beryy , , havlnl having hea heard him b1n1 She . sounded .oundecJ oundecJ : .s s as asshe . It Itahe t ahe she ah * were wer * g going gdlng to cryi cq cry . . "I I " 'I I ' got lOt my- my myselt m myself ; - selt self into . something .omething omething , and aDd I tried to totalk ' ttalk ( talk my In ) ' way wav : out That That's Thats ' . an all anIt 11 It " " " "So So " I aeen seen s eb , " , , " |