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doc#146 | tell me", flashed Cobb. Giving the other | a | dark look, he hauled his bronc around and |
doc#146 | pulled up to go in for his dinner, and as | a | consequence did not see Cobb strike the |
doc#146 | "It's the second time War Ax hands made | a | play for that money. </p><p> How much of |
doc#146 | jerked to attention at the distant crack of | a | gun. In town no one paid much attention |
doc#146 | occasional shot; but on the range gunfire had | a | meaning. Hauling up, Russ listened carefully |
doc#146 | carefully. Two minutes later it came again -- | a | double explosion, followed by a third, |
doc#146 | again -- a double explosion, followed by | a | third, sounding more distant. </p><p> As |
doc#146 | the Antler ranch house. He tightened up in | a | twinkling. So far as he knew, only his |
doc#146 | Clapping spurs to the bronc he set off at | a | sharp canter, with growing alarm. </p><p> |
doc#146 | the brushy swells told him nothing. Still | a | quarter-mile away, the fresh clap of guns |
doc#146 | only served to increase his speed. Setting | a | course straight for the house, he was covering |
doc#146 | his face. </p><p> When it was followed by | a | second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved |
doc#146 | closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into | a | depression. He knew now what he was up |
doc#146 | having ridden out the last few days without | a | rifle in his saddle boot, Russ drew his |
doc#146 | pull away unmolested, he had his answer | a | moment later. </p><p> "Over this way! He |
doc#146 | </p><p> "Over this way! He ain't gone far"! | a | harsh cry floated to him across the brush |
doc#146 | </p><p> A carbine cracked more loudly, and | a | slug clipped fragments from the brush off |
doc#146 | Toward the west this depression led toward | a | draw. Leading his pony, he hurried that |
doc#146 | the meandering draw. He had not covered | a | hundred yards before a gun crashed from |
doc#146 | He had not covered a hundred yards before | a | gun crashed from somewhere behind. He had |