The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-09-30

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fair. But there's better than a hum
dred men in Inspiration, all out Of
outfits that hate the "a. Amos is
sitting on stove, and it's getting
hotter every minute"
LET him come"
"Any more dope on the Cayetano
killing?"
II sent Gil Baker to Ace Springs.
But he hasn't come back"
oval Douglas went to Pahranagat,
did he?"
"He left this morning. I suppose
it'll be late tomorrow night before
he gets back-maybe longer. Steve
and Tulare and me, we spent the
day prospecting around in the Tus-
carora foothills here"
"And didn't find anything"
Wheeler supposed.
Billy" said Horse Dunn, there's
somebody been sinking around
over there. We found the ashes
of two different fires. And I'm not
a damn bit sure there isn't some
body prowling around there yet"
"Now who the devil would that
be?"
That's just tive don't know
who that would be. guest
doesn't matter, now"
They had expected Sheriff Walt
Amos to appear in the course of
the night, or at least no later than
the first light; but it was noon be-
fore Amos appeared. He again
came alone, as he had come after
Billy Wheeler.
At the "a he found only Horse
Dunn and Billy Wheeler, for Steve
Hurley and Tulare Callahan were in
the Tuscararoras in search of the I'M
known prowler now believed to be
hiding there; Val Douglas and Gil
Baker had not yet returned; and
Marian was out with her pony, Walt
Amos climbed out of his car and
walked slowly to the gallery of the
cook shack, where the "a people
happened to be. They awaited him
in silence.
Horse" said Walt Amos, "the
time has come when can't put off
acting no more"
what have you done with Gil
Baker?" Horse Dunn demanded.
''He's in Inspiration. We had to
take him in"
''Is he hurt?"
mot bad. He came prowling
around Ace Springs, where Cage
tano was killed, and one of the depu-
ties hollered to him to halt, but he
made run for it. They had to
throw down on him before he'd give
himself up. Turned out he was
shot in the leg"
you're getting almighty high
handed around here, Amos!"
Sorry. But I reckon it's going
to seem still little more so. Dunn,
I got to take you in"
"On what charger"
Held for questioning; concerning
murder"
Horse Dun stood up, his thumbs
hooked in his belt, and his eyes
rolled slowly over the foothills of
the TusGSrroras; it seemed to Wheel
er that he was looking for sign.
Now Dunn answered him at last,
and Wheeler saw that somehow, in
the course of the night, the old man
had been able to prepare himself
for this thing. when you want to
move out?" he asked.
I'D like to get on back as soon
as you're ready, Dunn.
And now out of trail that wound
through the tall buchbrush back of
the layout a rider came. His horse
was at quiet running walk, but
the animal shone wet with sweat,
and from under the edges of the
saddle blanket the lather rolled. It
was Tulare Callahan.
He rode directly to the cook
shack gallery and swung down.
Horse, I've seen Lon Magoon!"
he announced.
'Tulare are you Sure?"
eve only sighted him far off on a
high ridge, at better'n mile. But
Horse, I knew him as sure as I
know my name. His horse looked
like that good sorrel of ours, we
called Brandy. We signed him to
come and talk, but he sloped. We
took out after him hell for leather
Steve Huley's trying to trail him
yet-but he got loose about four
miles up the Tamale Vine. I knew
you was looking for the sheriff, and
I thought you might want to know
this, if you was still here"
Amos" said Horse Dunn, I'm
going to have to ask for a little
more time"