Hungry Horse news and Columbian., 1948-03-12
CHAPTER XVIII

D nice pickle 70 De II Widoo-. E17
ing II, he had cone 70 resc1s
: enemy, and Dy another queer -opz.
j. trvy cuirk the na- had saved III
'Eox soon VII yoE Essoos g.
here?" Larry asked 7 reckon -os
are gathering quick IS aey czn
Il sent Lee Hart out % pass -
word. bfy guess would be. Il q
! other hour and z hat"
After pause, We can. stan
them Of another hoE an5 : hzE.
: Terry said
A sinister Ign. glcksasd JET
face. He said ironically: fYou'l .
able 70 make z nice dezl to- yo-
selves now. They wo1'. have ~
to hang. but one Is better tai
none"
Terry did ID. answer. Larry
flushed anEZy.
you have fne way q making
friends, JEFF" he sail
I'm particular about @ao NJ
friends are" Brand !sersd
I've noticed tazt Z sc0ldrel
Ike Lee Hart 1ho shoots from back
Of wall al nan 70. expecting T.
A b1Ilypuss r1Hzn Ike JACK T--
ley. A scalaEag Ike"
Dent talk about TElsy bsng
my friend" JEFF interrupted Il
killed him tais 1no-nng."
Larry stared al hin Eowoone
you 10 Kill Tuley?"
We found out he was the raisor
who shat jim Te.los and the o-hE-
boys. ! gave him sn eTe1-Stephsa
break. which was more Gsn the
skunk deserved We found tae blood
money IN his cabin"
They've stepped the wagon"
Larry interrupted Someone has
brought IN 2 horse without rider
Looks Ike tae -ozn you were On
Bet dollar they have recognized
the horse and are having z poT-wos
about IT,"
1T looks Ike only one Of US may
be dead IN ten minutes" JEFF
snarled- TN take that rife now,
Larry. / aim 10 go ont in smoke"
Larry looked Al the Diamond Re-
verse 3 manager.
Give if TO him." Terry said, his
gaze fxed On the outlaw. But don't /
make mistake. Brand ! wouldn't |
have chosen II that way. but we're
all in this tight together. We all
come out Of If alive or none Of US
do. Let me do the talking; that is, |
If any Of us get a chance TO do any
with these fellows"
We're getting a 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 -four sack.
Ellison and Sunday Brown came out
If the barn and walked toward the
house. When they were about forty
yards distant the No, By Jo man.
ager shouted a question.
What made you run away, Ter
-y?" 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
we stayed. Your hired kill
ers are too ready with their guns,
Ellison 1 told you it would be that
way"
Into Larry's face beneath the tan
dark blood swept. Your hired kill
ers have been plugging at us for
a 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 l know. He has
10 do with our complaint
against you. I'm going 70 see that
il 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 a little while sgo?"
Terry looked al him bleakly. you
wounded the man, whoever he is. /
That's enough for one day. l 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
advised, restraining his
temper with difficulty. I'm asking |
you two questions. and | don't in |
END TO leave till get answers. The
first is. how do you know Turley |
vas killed, unless you we're in on
he job? The second is, who did you /
carry into the cabin a little while |
ago?"
you're out Of luck in your ques-
lions, Ellison" drawled Terry. I'VE !
won't answer either Of them"
A man appeared in the doorway Of
he house. He leaned against the
lamb for support, but the rife in
nis hands was quite steady.
you've got me so plumb scared
hat / expect I'd better answer yore
questions, Ellison" he said, not rails
ng his voice. I'm the guy in the
cabin, and I'm the one who told
hem about Turley. | knew about it
because l shot him this morning.
Maybe I'm one Of the men you're
ooking for"