Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-29
CHAPTER IX--Continued

Il should SILVER she did. Str,,cs,
Hays hair-trigger gun-cocked-right
Into my belly, an says: viii you tie
this villain-an' swear by your honor
not o#erelease him or allow any Of
these other men to do so-or will you
have me shoot your
How'd she get that gun?n
wal, she snatched 1t quicker'n
lightnin', that's how. An when she
cooked 1t with both hands 1t went off
bang! The bullet went between
Hanks legs. Tickled him. You can
see the hole In his pants. Scared? NV
Gawd, you never see d man SO scared
Tibet CURL, cool as a cucumber. cooked
the gun again, an held Hays up-then
all Of us.
/ I'VE was sittin' at the table. She
made US all stand, hands high. an
then She performed tibet little tricl;
with Hanks gun agin my gizzard. jim.
hope to die If | didn't go cold an
Stiff. But ! promised on my word Of
honor-as a robber--thet I'd tie Hank
up, an make the other fellers play
square. 1t was so funny. too. tbet j
near bust. Hays, soon as he was
helpless, got over his scare, an then
was he mad | reckon no-one on this
earth saw d madden man. lie cussed
50 terrible tibet she made me gag
him.
t4.xv T., -.
well, I'll be-blowed y gasped Jim.
No wonder. We was wuss. We'd
had breakfast, an Hank was tryin' to
face us %fellers. I'll say he came
clean, Jim. He divided all the money
ne got from Herrick an his sister, an
the gold things an diamonds. Eel
lers,' he said, I could lie an say
meant to give this to you later. But
I'm not built tibet way. double
crossed you all-tirst time In my life.
| meant to keep 1t all, an the ransom,
fer the girl. But now there won't be
no ransom. for I'm not goin' to give
her up. She's mine, an | can do as
! want, an II any of you don't like 1t
you can make your kick now
Wal, we was SO plumb h~abbergasted
thet we didn't see the CURL, who came
close on the sun side of Happy's shell.
ter. She heard the whole d--n' show.
!. Jim, | wish you could have seer
her when she stepped up to Hank. I
don't know what did it-mebbe her
eyes-but he shore wilted. 1t was then
she snatched his gum
SO that's the deal |" calculated Jim.
What are you going to do?'
Don't ask me. / gave my word an
I'll keep It. For tibet matter the rest
OF our outfit air fer the CURL, ransom
or no ransom.'
Suddenly Jim awoke out of his
.stupefaction to remember the approach
of Heeseman.
smoky, ! know what you're all 20
Ing to do, and that's fight he flashed.
cheeseman's outfit Is coming.
] sighted them perhaps three miles.
Travelling slow, but sure. We've no
to rack an get away. We've got
find the best place to stand an
fight. an pack our stuff into 1t
pronto."
"Heeseman! !" cried Smoky, coolly.
so It's come. ! reckoned on tibet.
Git busy, men,
Jim strobe under the shelter to face
Miss Herrick. She had heard, for she
WINS white.
h Were all but surprised by Heese-
mans OUTFIT he said, abruptly. I'VE
fight. You will be worse off If
fall Into their hands. I'm sorry
must release Hays. We need him.
"Too late !" she exclaimed. w
Pack your things quickly and hurry
to the ave on this side.p Then
picked up Hays CUR from the
nble and ran out. First he removed
gag, then In terse terms he stated
ne situation. Next he released the