Evening star., 1931-05-13
INSTALLMENT vi.

~ and surveyed tne COMPANY. ~,
Ssns Ss1st' oissE ssys the PsSi"0ST Psssie Fetch Ct
another lamp. Well lay out
the cards an some coin. SO we can
pretend to be settin' in a little game
r. ANYBODY happens along. But tne
game we're really settin' in is the Big
gest ever dealt in Utah.
"Talk low, everybody" instructed
Hays. AN one of you step ooO,,o ouE On IN
,,,ichf be slick enough to send scout
over here. Cause we're goin' 10 40
thet little thing to him. HAPPY,
dig up thet box of cigars I've peen
Hank. trot out some champagne"
1eered Brad Lincoln. o.,,od
"Nothin' to drink, fellers, return@eo @
Hays. Were sober outnt. NO
arguin or fightin I,tn +bst can ANY walk X out out
They were impressed by his cool
aofIsi "Ail right. Wal an good. We're
set I" he went on. To-day / cnangeo
my mind about goin' slow with ViliS
job" a.h =, d,v;nation
as to this sudden right-about-lace.
"Herrick reckons there are upward
of 10 600 head of stock on the range.
o. So,1e 1eVyE ~ these rancners he bought. cut
sold without a count. I bought nan
q Jozen herds for Herrick. An l un-
derestimated, say. rough calcuiaL1nnc Az
around 1000 head. So there's I@'VVu
coed. Thets a herd, Iellers. az ~
there any of you who Woulont . - casI not+Ie H
play a game for 12,OOO heao Va 0"OOAo
' There Soe did not appear to be single
one sAhuh wal. thet's okay. Now can
we drive such big herd"
BOSS, listen to this idee, SPOKE .tip np
Smoky. Most of these star Sn caSss y,;,ss
range do down HdRd the II tas do for. IS say. five
of ms to quit Herrick an hide peioW
sor,ewhere? Meanwhile you go 10
Grand Junction an arrange 70 nave
1orr huvers expect a bunch OF cattle
ey,erv week. A thousand to two tnou,
sand head. We'd make the drives an
keep it up as long as 1t worked. YOU , re
boss an Wall here is foreman. tuu .t
could keep the cowboys close 10 'n'
ranch" 49,, Sa-
Smoky, it's shore big idee'' ..Is,. ee.
clared Hays. enthusiastically. But
what about Heeseman?
II cts clean out his bunch"
Hays shook his head. -.
..Fellers. If we pick a fight with thet
olltft some of us will get killeo an
others crippled. Then we couldnt pun
the deal A better idee Is 1or one Oh uS
to kill Heeseman."
"Reckon it would be. Thetd DUST
the outfit" 49,.
who'd you pick on to do thet'
JEFF Bridges doomed out: why,
Smoky. of course, or Brad.
',Nope," said Hays, shaking his heao
with all thet's due Smoky an BRAD !
wouldn't choose either JIM mere %
f,Mebbe we could drive of 5000 or
2 900 head of stock before Heeseman
ever found out" put in Smoky. Wnats s
the sense of ightin' it out TILL we nave
TOP
The suggestion found instant favor
on all sides. ,,.,
u.s." expoStulated Hays.
You mean after we pun the oeal!
oueried Brad, incredulously.
"Shore j mean after"
"Wal what in thunderation do we
care for him, when we've got the coin
an are on our way to thet roost were
due to find?" -,
Il don't Just like the ideey fellers,"
replied Ha-s, evasively.
Jim Wall studying the robber leader
clccely. inlc gined that Hays was nos
exposing all the details CT his plct
Lets put my idee to a vo:e," said
Smoky.
When this suggestion was solemnly
complied with, making use Of the deck
of cards, it was found that Slocum had
won.
so far so good" said Hays, as If re-
1ieyed Now let's see. Smoky,
tomorrow you take your gang, tncludin'
Brad, an quit. Pack a slew Of grub an
grain. an hide out below. Cache what
you don't need. I'll 60 to Grand juno
ton for new hands. See? But all Ill
come back with viii be instructions
for you to follow. Then you can 60
drivin'"
GOOD. An how about the cash?"
"Wal, them buyers won't pay me in
advance, you can gamble on thet. But
they'll pay you. Just divide with your
outfit an save our share"