The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-09

''It looks like only one of us may
be dead IN ten minutes" jeff
snarled. ''I'll take that rifle now,
Larry. I aim to go out in srnoke."
Larry looked at the Diamond Re-
verse B manager.
Give it to him." Terry said, his
gaze fixed on the outlaw. "But don't
make mistake, Brand. I wouldn't
have chosen it that way, but we're
all in this tight together. We all
come out of it alive or none of us
do. Let me do the talking; that is,
if any of us get chance to do any
with these fellows"
Were getting chance, all
right" Larry cried. Someone is
running out white flag from back
of the barn."
Terry walked to the door, unbolt-
ed it, and waved the flour sack.
Ellison and Sunday Brown came out
of the barn and walked toward the
house. When they were about forty
yards distant the No, BY 10 man.
ager shouted a question.
What made you run away, Ter
ry?" he demanded irritably. "You
might have got killed"
The Diamond Reverse B man
waited until they were nearer. $50
we might" he agreed, sarcasm rid
ing his voice. Whether we ran or
whether we stayed. Your hired kill
ers are too ready with their guns,
Ellison. I told you it would be that
way"
TOO bad you were annoyed" FL
lison said. with smooth insolence.
Into Larry's face beneath the tan
dark blood swept. "Your hired kill
ers have been plugging at us for
couple of hours. You're no better
than that dead wolf Turley you were
telling us about. The sooner you are
run out of the country the better"
Larry had made a slip, and Eli
son pounced on it. "Did l mention
Turley? How do you know he was
the mani"
'Never mind how know. He has
nothing to do with our complaint
against you. I'm going to see that
it gets into the Denver papers that
you attacked u.s."
Sunday Brown spoke for the first
time, 'Who is the man that slipped
into the cabin little while ago?"
Terry looked at him bleakly. "You
wounded the man, whoever he is.
That's enough for one day. ad-
wise you-all to mount your horses
and get out of here while you can"
Don't try the high and mighty
with me, Terry" the No, BY Joe
manager advised, restraining his
temper with difficulty. I'm asking
you two questions, and I don't in
tend to leave till I get answers. The
first is, how do you know Turley
was killed, unless you were in on
the job? The second is, who did you
carry into the cabin a little while
ago?"
You're out of luck in your ques-
tions, Ellison" drawled Terry. "We
won't answer either of them"
Little white spots of rage dented
Ellison's nose. "By God, you're not
in the clear yet, Terry. I'll tell you
that. You're in with these thieves
or you're not. I've asked you
two plain questions. If you are an
honest man you won't wait mo-
ment to clear yourself"
Terry looked him over coldly. He
too was curbing his anger not too
easily. 'I'n be the judge of my
honesty, Mr.. Ellison. And I'm not
answering your questions. That's
final"
A man appeared in the doorway of
the house. He leaned against the
lamb for support, but the rife in
his hands was quite steady.
you've got me so plumb scared
that | expect I'd better answer yore
questions, Ellison" he said, not rails
ing his voice. I'm the guy in the
cabin, and I'm the one who told
them about Turley. l knew about it
because I shot him this morning.
Maybe I'm one of the men you're
looking for"
The color slowly drained from FL
ison's gray face. His guess was
that Brand meant to kill him now.
Ito be continued)