The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-09
CHAPTER VI-Continued

CHAPTER Vl-Continued
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"Shep an the Texas Kid are lay
in for you. They're givin' you an
hour to leave town"
Much obliged. I've been looking
for this letter"
Garrett and his friend stepped
out to the sidewalk.
Come on down TO the corral
with me-" Steve proposed
Not now. You come to the Gold
Nugget with me-"
The long man flung a quick look
at him. O'Hara's eyes were shin
ing with excitement
You're not going to the Gold
Nugget. are you?"
Thought | would. Shep and his
friend are sending word out that
I've got one hour to leave town.
III spend part of that hour at the
Gold Nugget"
Steve reelected that the safe
thing would be to take Bob Guam
trell with them to the Gold Nugget.
But evidently his friend was not
looking for the safe thing.
"All right I'll throw in with
you" he said.
As O'Hara walked up the adobe
lined street beside the lank freight
er he felt again thar oGd lift OF
the spirit that came to him when
danger was near. He was going
to meet il, audaciOusly, fOOlhardily
The roar of guns might at any mo-
ment greer him On the frontier
a man did not lightly serve notice
that he was Hooking for" another
Such an announcement meant busi-
ness.
A short. thickset man came out
of the Ingram store and down the
street toward them. Out of pal
lid face prOtruding tishy eyes
looked at O'Ilara. Thin lips opened
20 say insolently. 80 you're still
here"
I'm still here, Mr. Harvey"
"Struttin around. reckon. be
cause you've had a little luck"
More than once OHara had
talked with Steelman about the
posse which had attacked the
cabin. Ii was the opinion of both
of them that Harvey's hand had
been back of the sheriff, his mind
the dominating one Ingram had
been at the ranch and could not
have known what was intended.
around. Mr.. Harvey. acquit you
of blame. You did your best to
make good the promise given in
your store that | would not cumber
the ground long" O'Hara's eyes
bored into those of the merchant.
-Meanin' what?" demanded Har-
vey. Say. young fellow. if you
claim"
O'Hara brushed rudely past him.
There was always a chance that
Harvey might be OBTAINING him in
the street while his killers were
making ready.
The lanky owner of the Long
horn cOrrai looked at his friend.
and i'm that look were both admira-
tion and distress.
Great iumpin' horn toads, you
sure 90 outa yore way TO make
enemies. Harvey amt used to be
ing treated thataway," he said
Just what's yOre play? An why
get on the prod all of a sudden?"
This is the way look at it.
Steve. O'Hara answered. his glance
sweeping doors and windows as he
moved forward IT'S one thing for
Sanderson TO say he's going TO get
me. It's another for him to give
me an hour to leave town. He
thinks I'm hiding behind Bob Guam
trell. I've got to show him I'm not.
All you've cot to do is to ask me
that question when | give the sig
nal"
You mean the one you was
speakin' about before we met Har
vey?"
"Yes. You may not get time to ask
it. but if you do I'll use it as a
cue. If there's trouble, you keep
out OF III.
Keep out of it? You sure bump
into food notions, boy. When the
guns begin to smoke I've got to join
in to save my hide"
I've notion they're not going to
smoke. Here we are"
They turned in at the Gold Mug
get.
Sanderson and the Texas Kid
were drinking while Shep talked.
he boasted how bad he was and
what he meant to do TO O'Hara. The
words died in his throat as he
caught sight of the two men who
had just entered the place. His
jaw dropped with astonishment.
O'Hara gave Shops slow brain no
time to guess what this meant
Lightly the two men walked to the
bar, not more than five feet from