Show I 1 HU HUGH H MERRILL SYNOPSIS CHAPTER L I 1 in the late ummer summer of 1876 peter dinsdale on his hi way to th black bills to join the throng of fold cold seekers makes make the acquaintance atthe 0 th keeper of a deadwood Fam rambling blIng house san ban juan joe who is I 1 returning to deadwood chaefer Cit APTER II 11 on their wy way through gh red canyon Dine dalt and joe hear bear shot hota apparently far ahuad of them riding hiding carefully they meet IL young woman running om am ft a party part of indiana diana Di dinsdale t take kom her on hi a horse and tho the two men ride through list her pursuers killing three whore where the girls party arty had boon been surprised the travelers traveler mesta discern olne nine dead bodies the girl being the only survivor of the outfit after a running a fight r lit in which two more in dlana are the throe three reach the th end of the canyon and safety eatery the girl tells them hr her name is 1 lottie ettle I carl and she eho hns has no relative at custer city tile they hear of 0 the killing of wild bill hickock at deadwood and the he to them incomprehensible release of his hi slayer near deadwood adwood Do they siver overtake take a pr prof 0 8 vector tat whom joe hau ile am a old iron 0 Pyrl tc CHAPTER deadwood adwood Oe city san ban juan joe popular la in the community li in given an welcome which Is extended to dinsdale when the story of the th wiping out of the outfit and the killing of the five indians Is told dinsdale tells joe of the robbery of a union train at Og ogallala alala and the gambler informs the crowd joe takes dinsdale and lottle lottie to tho th house bouie of a woman of the town kitty the schemer joes mistress where the rambler had intended to install lottie dottl 0 ambler dinsdale in dale refuses to allow M it and after ter a somewhat bitter quarrel he be loaves leaves taking lottle lottie to a house where she will be safeguarded and finding other lodgings for himself dinsdale saves an apparently ly half witted individual known s scissors from mistreatment at the th U ado of a bud bad man bandy allen alien who vows vengeance on art dinsdale CHAPTER IV some days later D dins ing dale again meets meet scissors scissor whose nickname la Is derived from his ability to cut with paper ani and scissors remarkable likenesses of persons or anything that strikes his fancy dinsdale takes to him iron pyrites arrives in town san ban juan joe hints to dinsdale Oln sdale that the th town Is sizing him up as a road agent or train robber and advises him to go with pyrites on a prospecting trip lie H also milts hints of coming profitable work in which he can In interest Dins dinsdale dalo CHAPTER vat V at a meeting of road agents plans are made to rob one of at the treasure coaches which under heavy guard periodically leave deadwood for the outside world dinsdale acquires a reputation as a reckless spender and an expert gunman san juan joe bc lieving dinsdale to be a train robber warns him of the coming of jim omaha union pacific detective and again advises him to take a wath i artl spears reluctant reluctant ale kills aut j CHAPTER VI while with pyrites far prospecting pecking pec ting DIns dinsdale dalo blunders onto a large log cabin apparently unoccupied taking a long chance he h enters the place Is deserted but evidently recently occupied investigation disc discloses losem a bidden trapdoor through which dinsdale enters enter a collar cellar finding a store of lew jew elry city gold dust and nuggets obviously the proceeds of robberies while dinsdale Is in the collar a man enters the cabin dinsdale calls to him to come down and taking him by surprise knocks him senseless Bena elca he makes hi way back to pyrites CHAPTER VII the two snake make their way to rapid city in a gambling place a aI ranger attracts attention by 1 his constant repetition of at a verve verse of an B old song and by his band bandaged aired head dinsdale Uin Vin sdale wins win abarge a large sum from him friio the stranger tens tells him his hi name Is hixy 1 I avy i filing elling pyrites he believes reasy easy Is the man he slugged in the aban bin dinsdale sets set out with scissors scissor or r deadwood IL VIII Sc lisor prevails prevail on dinsdale to turn off the direct road to ih lo adwood saying he Is sure easy W his him gang will follow to rob them am in a gang iding hiding place they see the ds den dedoes does pass evidently on Dins Dl dales to avoid tile the chance of running sk ab diasy 1 y a and id his crowd the tw two 0 a visit I 1 1 ft to mato mountain n eld sacred ground by the th indians indian i t they ey are ambushed by a band of ja k aman among whom scissors had onoe once ta a captive and made mad prisoners Vs a talks to the indians indian in their abt claiming friendship with narae horse great indian chief and ke a leading cheyenne modI clise uth he indians indian impressed refrain ft charing it the prisoners and take tak t tal their village al ITER R IX during scissors Sols sors pro pr via vity sorrel horse horie had bad looked on a rival medicine man and hat hatch A toot test of 0 ohp the superiority of the land and red men medicine to I 1 arra arrow sorrel borrel horse Is an expert at leger fib but scissors is his pori priori 0 r banally finally wind win complete via tl tor lory CHAW chael XA 31 A fortunate chance chanc gives 84 sen an opportunity a 0 turn in la riff a mak makes sorrel horse hors latter agree in exchange exit it file te secret of at the trick to assiat let ghete men to escape H 1 inte I ete stale gad ans talor Sels Tc lor who we all heaed had cashed la in escaped cali ed I 1 and have came back they and hla his soldiers gold lerg ife fire on heartter bearner He arner that its ita a race between him horse to see whether white ted red gits liero here first sitting null c ted to join leas eni with five thoad bucks our two catiz eng were acied from rom slim butte to the belle bell F fobie aby by a small band of ogallala Og alala their horses in tile the race and ape be the rest rent of the A way ury on foot tee a cheers and a tiger IV salic cheers were ven more kas guns ere discharged brer r farnum made his way to the ese prisoners prisoner and shook each by tile the nid d we supposed you ere dead he be said V all tile the credit for forir r being alive belongs to scissors ua id dinsdale Oln sdale he knois knob more abo than crazy nome horse does doe ani WO klint seolie is scissors to k yan I 1 a I 1 sioux M tu X VIII vitiate ake years e it ngo ago what I 1 did was nothing but it if crook make this gulch ahead of the ogallala Ogal alft you want to prepare tor for a lot of trouble slake room so they can get in somewhere and rest cried san juan still cheering but not so boisterously now that scissors had bad given his warning the crowd parted and the gambler led the two men into the tent and toward the hidden entrance of 0 LIB his house but scissors at once responded to his environment and with paper and scissors ready began searching for customers it seemed to dinsdale that a mask had dropped over scissors face the minute he be got back among the tables and never did he be do such a trade as now instead of profiles he be cut out lodges and ponies and other bits of indian village life these were eagerly snapped up as aa souvenirs by men who did not know whether they were to bo be victims of toton teton cruelty or live to welcome crook and each purchaser demanded more information as to how the two managed to escape always could do it scissors shrilly cried im we ran away when the indians looking american horsey horse T yes we saw him when he came to lead his braves to the heart crazy horse borset certainly hes the bit big ulan man stack him up against red or white and hes big four bits why we killed offhand off hand T wily why im I 1 tell you used to live in their villages then there was Oln Dian sdale dale with some very pretty revolver magic hes be a cool one made crazy horse bung out his eyes yes yea sir air four bits think thank you yon san juan jot joe conducted dinsdale to the rear room and after sending a boy for a tray of drinks and making sure his guest was comfortably seated he exclaimed well this knocks met me I 1 cant make it real when pyrites came back without you and said already started for here with scissors I 1 knew something had happened when ba h tem stout ton making a bit big killing at cards und and described the fellow I 1 decided the agents had got you knocked him oft off his pins hen he arrived and found you shown up now give me the story first tell me about jim omaha has lie he been here to h I 1 with jim seen anyone that could be him give me the yarn yam dinsdale told of ills his meeting the man imy easy and winning his money how he and scissors ran away from jasys gang only to full fall into the hands of the indians at bear butto butte after sketching ills his experience among the indians he be dolefully added and that little pleasure trip cost me four thousand dollars and loaves leaves we me without even a grubstake four thousand Is nothing scoffed san juan there Is a big game walt wait we WB ran away when ahe th indians indiana looking ing for you A very big game you lose your nerve at slim butte battet not toy my gun nerve grimly retorted DIns dinsdale dule and what I 1 want first of all Is two cult doity fours I 1 brought a new winchester forty four from the th butte but I 1 feel undressed without my handguns hand guns you shall buy as good a brace as there Is in deadwood city that means as good as any in the world you did mighty well ell to pull old scissors out of the am are tow now get this ahta right Us H pulled palled me out sabet sabel lies iles un entirely different man among I 1 believe he hes in until litsa than white effot onay knows tt thein ingo 1116 a book but he knows their different songs and secret societies lie he says lie he used to live near oue one of their big villages and played with red young youngsters youngster ste rs when he was a hoy boy that was before his mind went buck on him in here lies hes half witted matching wits against sorrel lorse horse the medicine roan man bes bea os as smart mart its as tt a yankee peddler 1 I knew from pictures lie he cut out that he knew u lot about their village life they caught him early tills this summer and lie be was with them quite a while 1 I dont reckon hed been in any danger at all it if been along but bill to get back to my present trouble im broke not while I 1 have an ounce awl and the tables have been doing mighty well thank you little off now but I 1 dont care said san juan ill take enough for eats and arl drinks aks until I 1 can make some real money the ble big game youve teen bragging about your message to hurld city made me curious san juan joe studied the reckless face in silence hence fur for a full minute then glided to the door and opened it quickly to make sure there was no eavesdropper returning to the table lie poured out two drinks and demanded if you dont care to sit in will you promise never to tell what im about to tell you youl think id spoil good sport hotly asked dinsdale it if I 1 dont sit in ill never breathe it to a living soul good enough for me this Is the game and he leaned across the table and lowered his voice to a whisper severs several business men lo in this town believe the bills are beginning to play out except for those who locate and develop quartz mines they agree with me m be easy to hold up one of the treasure coaches profit two hundred thousand and upward therol theral now you know im a badman bad man his HI black eyes bored into Dins dales to observe how bow be received the startling confidence Dins dales face remained expressionless lie ile tasted hla his drink and said bald if the ropes are rigged it ought to be b simple and easy I 1 could get ins tuft stuff alone getting away might be harder X harder than the ogallala job bobr queried san juan and he grinned wickedly this any confessional coldly retorted dinsdale his eyes half closing but every one knows or ought to that its iti easier to hold up a stage than a train A stage Is boys play it if I 1 had my wad id gamble you I 1 could slip on a mask and hold bold up any stage on the line with two corncobs corn cobs for guns passenger corches coaches of course 1 I believe you softly cried san juan of course youve got all the necessary information A B C assured the gambler there will be five of us and loure to be one of the two to work on the inside does that scare you 1 1 I dont scare growled dinsdale beginning to took ugly toalii To lii I 1 id make suie ive got my nere nene all ail I 1 ackis ask as to have my chance tu to got get clear theres only one man I 1 dunt dont want studying my face jim omaha san juan joe laughed in deep sn sntos t Is faction youre my own kind he sald said net us at the least an even forty thousand apiece if any of our number cashes in lils share ull be evenly divided and its likely there will be more than two hundred thousand on the coach why man bilth alth your raemal to back tile me I 1 ran can find games better even than the treasure coach im through running a gambling place keno Frat franks iks been cutting into my trade it if it for or the big game id have to clenn clean him up with curds or guns but now I 1 can see half a million before we finish not so go fast quietly cautioned Dins dinsdale dule 1 I must have a stake ill go in on this ill do inside work und and take the big risk but always providing the other men are all alg right bt who are they horseshoe webb mill work on the th inside with you yon just howl low what ure are we to dol do explain curtly demanded dinsdale iles hes hired us 0 one of the guards be hired as another there will be ten other guards weve it so go you two with the hie three of us who will be in arm bubli run can take care of the ten guards and nut not shed a drop of blood Tl tats all right now who are the others 1 I make the like third ninn man bud roach from crook city Is IK the fourth I 1 cant tell you who the luth fifth man Is then its lf all off and ill forget all about it just as I 1 promised declared Dins dandle dide know everything once weve got the stuff liven even horseshoe Horge alioe webb or roach know number one the leadar dont like it never did like going it blind when I 1 tle tie up with a man to do risky work I 1 want to know his hi face i his hert heart I 1 want to know him down to the ground firmly demurred dans dale but you know me ine it if I 1 vouch for the th chief that ought to be good enough tor for you yon webb and roach know me im number two in the partney I 1 give them their orders but ignorant dogs they might talk too much when drunk say they did and I 1 got into a pickle the chief un known Is left free to get me clear youre different of course if come from rapid city when sent for the chief would have been willing perhaps for you to know him before we work it but its it too late now aller after weve corralee corr aled the gold wn know him and like lilia him dinsdale lints the way the game lays anil and have to take it or leave it im sorry but I 1 cant tell you an any 7 1110 more re it if it was for me to decide id put all the cards down face up tile chief will bo be there and will hold the ribbons meet ineat him after weve got the stuff dinsdale swallowed ills his drink and pursed his lips thoughtfully finally lie he slapped his hand recklessly on the table and decided dud all right I 1 drop ill go it blind hanking banking on you im broke and any choice but its ita the last time I 1 work without knowing every man chos sitting in safest way la Is to go it alone good I 1 cried the gambler ill circulate around and make everything ready by tomorrow night I 1 ought to know definitely when the coach Is to start well hope be tat they may hold it back till the soldiers come if they could be sure the soldiers will III get here ahead of the 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