The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-12-25

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now, it was q fair bet that at leas
$ one of the other shots had been his
mat meant that he had fired fou
) times. If Quinnion still carried hi
!, old ~Six-shooter he had but two shot
I at most left to him, for there had beel
no time which he would risk in re
loading.
Lee swept off his hat and tossed /
out before him to the spot where h,
believed Quinnion was and dropped
swiftly to his knee as he did so
lhere was a snarl. Quinnion's evi
snarl, and a shot that sped high above
MS head. His hat had struck Quin
mon full in the face. Then Lee again
sprang forward, again struck out with
his dubbed revolver. The blow missed
Qulnnion's head but caught him heav.
lily on the shoulder and sent him stag
gerlng back against the wall. Lee
could hear the bulk of his body crash
ing against the boards. And again
leaping, he struck the second time at
Quinnion. This time there was no
snarl, but a falling weight and still
ness.
There was a sound of a chair vio-
lently thrown down, the scuffle of
hasty feet and in the door the faint
blur of a flying figure seeking refuge
in the bar. Lee flung the crippled
door shut after the fugitive and then
with his left hand struck a match, his
| revolver ready in his right.
Holding the tiny flame down toward
the floor. he made out two prone
bodies. One, that of the first man he
had struck down, a man whom he
knew by name as Lefty Devine. a
brawler and boon companion of Quin-
Mon. The other Quinnion himself.
Devine lay very still, clearly com
pletely stunned. Quinnion moved a
little.
Carson's weather-beaten face peered
in at the window.
Better do the hot foot, Bud" he
grunted softly, while the trails
open. Steve will be mixing in again"
But Lee seemed in no haste now.
When the match had burned out, he
dropped it and slipped fresh cartridges
into his gun. That done, he stopped,
gathered up Quinnion's feebly strug-
CLING body in his arms and carried it
to the window.
Here" he said coolly to Carson.
Take him through"
Carson obeyed, jerking the now
complaining Q~uinnion out hastily and
unceremoniously. Lee followed as
Steve threw open the barroom door.
IFS a new one on me, just the
same" said Carson dryly as he
watched Lee stoop and gather Quin-
MON up in his arms. "After a little
party like this one, I'm generally trav- !
citing on an not stopping to pick flow s
ers an gather ~sooveneers! You ainl /
got cannibal blood in you, have you,
While Carson was cudgelingD his
brains for the answer and Steve was
making cautious examination Vt the
card room, Lee with his burdra in his
passed through the darkness Iy-
ing atNthe rear of the saloon and out
.nto the street. Carson followed to
AXE care OF a sortie should Steve and
The rest not have had all they wanted
'or one night. He chuckled, remark
ng to himself that Bud Lee and Quin-
lion were the very picture of a young
mother and her babe in arms.
Not unnl they again reached the
Golden Spur did Lees burden com
recover consciousness. Many
man on the street looked wonder
ngly after them, demande to know
what was up" and. rece. iag no an
iwer, swung in behind Carson.
In the Golden Spur the arrivals
greeted by a heavy silence.
sandy Weaver forgot to set out the
thinks which had just been ordered
y three men who, in their turn, for I
OF that they had ordered. Men at
he tables playing cards put down {
heir hands and rose or turned expec- r
in their seats. J
Lee put Quinnion down on the floor.
he man lay there a m blinking f
t the lights above him and at the t
ices around him. At length his eye i
anne to Lee. t
"D-n you" he muttered, trying to il
Sc, and slowly getting to his feet
18th the aid of a chair. I'll get t
1u-"
Then Bud Lee gave his brief ex-
anation, cutting Quinnion's ugly !
larl in two.
'+This is Quinnion's farewell party"
. said bluntly. "He Is a liar and a
ook and an undesirable citizen. ] CT
i've told him all that before. He took u.
upon himself to say about town that Sc
am all of those things which he is hi
have d-n near killed him w
r 1t I am going to give him ten min M
es to get out Of town. If he doesn't ft
it, l am going to kill him. And W
that ten minutes he Is going to find
to eat his words" a
'T1l see you in" began Quinnion, WI
something of the old buster came a
ok to him. tt
Shut up!" snapped Lee. Carson. M,
me have your gum" ter
Carson, wondering, gave 1t. Lee
opped it on the floor at Quinnion's du