Gunnison news-champion., 1912-06-28


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shortly
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We're so.sherRers both of US. end
~e settle our own personal a9a3rs.
You've got TO heht nse ao~. nsaa to
man"
The gambler glanced about him. and
down nj his horse II he Thought OF
nieht 1t ~ss useless. His lip curlee
with contempt
Damn your talking. Keith" he re
turned savaxely. "Lets have 81 over
with" and spsrrsd his horse The
gun of the other came uD
~siti" and Hawiey paused. araS
gins st his rein. One Of us most Ike
~ 10 going to die here. perhaps both
HUI n eisher survives he'll need
horse to get out Of this alive. DIS.
mount. IN do the same, step away
SO the horses are Cut of range. and
then well fight II QUITS thai
square,"
without q word. his eyes cleaning
with cunning hatred. the gambler
swung down from his saddle onto ths
sand. his horse intsrpesed between
him and the other. Keith did the
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back of his animal
Nov" he said steadily, when !
count three drive your horse aside.
and let go-are you ready7"
Damn you-yes'"
Then look out-onel two, three
The piainsman struck his horse
with the quirt In his left hand and
sprane swiftly aside so as to clear the
flank of the animal. his shooting arm
fiune out There Vas . Sash OF fame
cross Hawiey's saddle q sharp re
port, End Keith resled backward.
dropping to Ills knees. one hand clutch
ing at the sand Again Hawley fired
but the horse. startled by the double
report. leaped aside. and the ball went
Mid. Keith whee ed about. steadyine
himself with his outstretched hand
and let drive. pressing the trigger. un-
oil, through the haze over his ewes he
saw Hawley go stumbling down, boot
ng wildly as he fell The man nevei
moved and Keith endeavored to eef
up his gun still held ready. the smoke
'ircling about them. He had teen
hight shoot. and he cou d not clear
his mind of the thought thai his las
act hid treachery also. But Re could
or raise himself, could not stand: red
nd black shadows danced before his
yes, he believed he saw the arm OF
he other move. Like a snake h.
crept forwa ard holding himself up with
one hand, his head dizzily reeline, bat
his gun he'd steadily on that L,act
hapeless object lying on the sand
Then the revolver hand began 10
luiver, TO shake. to make odd circles;
ne couldn't see: It was all black. all
nothineness. suddenly he went down
face first into the sand
They both lay motionless, the thirs-
" sand drinking In their life blood
Hawley huddled upon his left side. bis
hat still shading the glazing eyes.
Keith lying fat. his face in the crook
of an arm whose hand still eripped q
revolver. There was a grim smile on
his lips, as it, as be pitched forward
he knew that. after he had been shot
10 death. he had gotten his man. The
rider,ess horses gazed at the two hg-
ures, and drifted away, slowly, fear
fully, still held In mute subsection 10
their dead masters by dangling reins
The sun Slazed down from directly
overhead. the heat waves rising and
falling. the dead. desolate desert
stretching to the sky. An hour. two
passed. The hofses were now q hun
ered Yards away. nose TO nose: all
else was changeiess. Thea into she
far northern sky there rose a black
speck, growing larger and larger; 9TH
ers came from the east and west, beat
ing the air with widely outspreal
wings, great beaks stretched forward
Out from their nests of foulness the
desert scayengers we're coming fos
their spoil