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doc#143 | murder in the state. It is also possible, | but | equally doubtful, that he actually shot |
doc#144 | favor". </p><p> Brenner's voice was oily, | but | Summers wasn't fooled. He moistened his |
doc#144 | silence. </p><p> Brenner continued to smile, | but | his eyes were cold. He turned and looked |
doc#144 | There was a light in Black's front room, | but | drawn curtains prevented any view of the |
doc#144 | Again he stood in the darkness listening, | but | there was only the scrape of a shod hoof |
doc#144 | certain now that Jess was in the house, | but | also, presumably, was Stacey Black. Curt |
doc#144 | surprise. He started to reach for his gun, | but | apparently thought better of it. </p><p> |
doc#144 | , Adams. I don't know what you're up to, | but | when Brenner" -- </p><p> "You can forget |
doc#144 | Crouch, I'd like to kill you where you stand, | but | , before I do, I'm going to hear you admit |
doc#144 | slash the gunbarrel across Jess's face, | but | didn't finish the motion. Pistol-whipping |
doc#144 | man might come easy to someone like Jess, | but | Curt couldn't bring himself to do it. </p> |
doc#144 | fingers of his right hand twisted into a claw, | but | he didn't reach for the gun. </p><p> Curt |
doc#144 | shout up Curt's arm clear to the shoulder, | but | Jess seemed hardly aware that he had been |
doc#144 | . </p><p> Curt was in almost as bad shape, | but | he wouldn't quit. He backed Jess into a |
doc#145 | reunion with Old Hap. "Got a lot to tend to, | but | I'll get back quick as I can", he assured |
doc#145 | even a glimpse of Dan and finding nothing | but | emptiness. And now she could see him, looking |
doc#145 | hand for Dare-Base and Farmer-in-the-Dell, | but | I'd sure like to get in on the handhold |
doc#146 | come. Glowering looks met them in the bar, | but | there was no attempt to halt them. Pausing |
doc#146 | paid much attention to an occasional shot; | but | on the range gunfire had a meaning. Hauling |
doc#146 | moment. He heard cries from behind him, | but | he could make out no words. </p><p> He dashed |