Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-01-30
he VAS snenkinv TO him.


she WAS speaking to him.
dad has gone to meet you. We've
heard about what happened this morn
ing"
Her father and Maloney entered the
room Cullison wrung his hand
Glad to see you, boy. You're In
luck that convict did not shoot you
up when he had the chance. Saguache .
is sure buzzlng this moning with the .
way you stood up for him. That lit
tie play Of yours will help with the
jury In September"
Curly thanked him for going bail.
Luck fixed his steel-spoked eyes on
him. "By what Dick tells me you've
more than squared that account"
Kate explained in her soft voice.
"Dick told us why you went up to
/ Dead Cows creek"
"Shoi hadn't n thing to do. so
/ Just ran up there. Sans In town with
me. We're rooming together"
"Oh. take me to him." Kate cried.
mot just now, honey" her father
said gently. This young man came
! here to tell us something Or so
gathered from his friend Davis"
Flandrau told his story, or all Of II
/ that would bear telling before girl.
He CLOSED over his account of the dis.
slpation at the horse ranch, but he
told all he knew of Laura London and
her interest In Sam, but 1t was when
he related what he had heard at Chalk
eyes place that the interest grew
most tense. Luck's eyes burned like
live Goals. The color faded from the
face of his daughter so that her lips
were gray as cigar ash. Yet she sat
up straight and did not finch.
When he had finished the owner OF
the Circle c caught his hand. you've
done fine, boy. Not man in Arizona
could have done better"
Kate said nothing in words but her
dark long-lashed eyes raned thanks
upon him.
They talked the situation over from
all angles. Always 1t simmered down
to one result 1t was Soapy's frs;
play. Until he moved they could not
They had no legal evidence except the
word of Curly. Nor did they know or
what night he had planned to pull of
the holdup. If they were to make O
complete gather of the outfit, with evl.
deuce enough to land them In the peni
Tertiary. III could only be after tn,
holdup.
Meanwhile there was nothing to Dc
but wait and take what precaution,
they could against being caught b,
, surprise. One of these was to see tina
Sam was never for an instant left un
guarded either day or night. Anothe
was to ride to Tin Cup and look tn,
ground over carefully. For the pres
ent they could do no more than watcl
events, attracting no attention by an!
, whispering together In public.
, The old Arizona fashion OF settling
, difference of opinion with the six
gun had long fallen into disuse. bu
Saguache was still close enough to tn
stark primeval emotions to wait witt
keen interest for the crack Of the re
volver that would put period to tn
quarrel between Soapy Stone an,
y young Flandrau. II was known tina
Curly had refused to leave town. jus
" as II was known that Stone and tina
: other prison bird Blackwell wer
hanging around the Last Chance an,
; Chalkeye's Place drinking togethe
morosely. II was observed, too. tina
: whenever Curly appeared in public h.
was attended by friends Sometime
: 1t would be Maloney and Davis, some
times his uncle, Alec Flandrau, occs
sionally couple of the Map Of Texa,
vaqueros.
| II CHANGED that "Old Man" Elan
drau. drifting into Chalkeye's Place
found In the assembled group the mar
he sought. Billie Mackenzie. grizzleC
owner Of the Fiddleback ranch, wa,
\ with him. and 1t was In the prelimi
nary pause before drinking that Ale,
made his official announcement.
NO. Mac, ! amt worrying abou
J that any. Curly is going to get I,
|, square deal. We're all agreed on that
N If there's any shooting from cove
therell be a Iynching pronto. Tha
goes"
n F'landrau, senior. knew perfect.
well that inside of an hour wor,
would reach Soapy Stone that only al
even break with Curly would be al
lowed.
Another day passed. The festivitie
had begun and Curly had to be mucl
In evidence before the public. Hi
friends had attempted to dlssuade hin
from riding In the bucking bronch
contest. but he had refused to let hi
name be scratched from the list of con
testants.
A thousand pairs Of eyes In tn
. grandstand watched the boy as h
lounged against the corral fenc
>, laughing and talking with his friends
A dozen people were on the lookout 70
the approach OF Stone. Fifty other
y had warned the young man to be care
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