Bannerman the Enforcer 18 by Kirk Hamilton

Author:Kirk Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: texas rangers, colt 45, piccadilly publishing, kirk hamilton, bannerman the enforcer western series, pulp fiction western novel, wild west 1880s
Publisher: Piccadilly

It was midday before they allowed Yancey to see Captain Poke Daniels. Or, rather, it was high noon before the tough Ranger agreed to see Yancey.

Since his capture the previous night, Yancey had been imprisoned in the cells at the rear of the law office at the edge of the plaza in Condor. He had been tossed into a cell, helped through the doorway with a kick and a thump with a gun butt, and then the door had slammed shut and all his yelling that he wanted to see Daniels had been to no avail. Until now.

Two Rangers came and opened the cell door and one held a gun on him while the other shackled his wrists behind his back. Then he was marched into the front office where Daniels sat at Tad Meacham’s old desk with three or four townsmen standing in front of him. Yancey recognized Milt Pierce, the barber, Ham the barkeep, and a man named Connor who owned the livery stables. They gave him brief and curious looks as he was brought in but Daniels didn’t even glance in his direction.

“All right, gentlemen,” he said to the townsmen. “You handled things pretty well. We’ll take over from here and I’ll see you get whatever money this feller owes you.” He gestured briefly in Yancey’s direction and shuffled a sheaf of papers he was holding, squaring the edges before putting them into a manila folder. “That’ll be all, gents,” he added quietly when the townsmen showed no signs of moving.

They got the hint finally and nodded awkwardly as they gave Yancey one final look then turned and left the office. Daniels took out tobacco and papers and built a cigarette, concentrating on it, not yet looking at Yancey.

“You weren’t as rough on the town as you might’ve been, Banner,” he said quietly and there was a query in his voice.

“Maybe,” Yancey said, glancing at the two armed Rangers standing one on either side of him. “If we could talk together, alone, Captain, I might be able to explain a few things ...”

Captain Daniels looked at him then for the first time as he placed the finished cigarette between his lips and struck a match. He lit the smoke before replying. “You can do your explainin’ to a judge and jury, Banner.”

“What are you going to charge me with?” Yancey demanded. “All my gunfights have been fair and square. I’ve paid my way. Sure, I’ve argued some when it seemed the price was too blamed high, but don’t tell me you haven’t done the same.”

Daniels frowned through the tobacco smoke. “Well, what I’ve done or haven’t done, don’t make a hell of a lot of difference, Banner. You’re the one in trouble, not me. You tried to take over the town, intimidated the inhabitants, chased the elected law out ... By the way, we found Tad Meacham’s body floating in the Rio. His throat had been slit from ear to ear and there wasn’t a stitch of clothin’ left on him.

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