Bodie 9 by Neil Hunter

Author:Neil Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bounty hunter, arizona, westerns, the old west, western novels, neil hunter, the wild west, bodie the stalker, western novel ebook, western novel online
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing

Chapter Twelve

‘I had a feeling you would be back, Herr Bodie.’

The voice came from a long way off, or so it seemed to Bodie. He was slowly rising out of the darkness that had enveloped him when Trask’s shot had hit him in the chest. Right now he was so far away from reality nothing really made any sense. The shot had been the last thing he could clearly recall. Being hit. Falling. Cold rain on his face. Nothing after that until he…

He knew the voice.

Doc Meerschaum.

Meerschaum’s broad face swan into focus. He nudged his spectacles into place, frowning as he peered down at Bodie. He shook his gray-haired head, but failed to hide the hint of a smile on his face.

The irascible medic who had treated him earlier. If that was true then was Bodie back in Colton? And how had he got there? Certainly not under his own steam. Not with a slug in him…he felt the dull ache then…in his upper chest. A deep pain that grew as he concentrated on it.

‘Damn it hurts.’

‘Of course. You have been shot. I took out the bullet but it was tight in your chest muscle and I had to fight to get it out.’

‘Hell, Doc, what did you use? A bent spoon?’

‘You are glücklich. A lucky man Herr Bodie. Those thick bindings I wrapped around you for the ribs. They acted as a barrier and slowed down the bullet. Your muscle did the rest. They stopped the bullet from going in too deeply. As I said. Glücklich.’

‘I don’t feel too lucky, doc. Not right now.

‘You complain. Now I know you will get better, manhunter.’

Bodie swallowed, with difficulty. His mouth was parched. Meerschaum noticed his discomfort and produced a cup of water. He raised Bodie’s head and got him to drink. The effort left Bodie feeling weaker than he had for a long time and it was a relief when Meerschaum lowered his head back on to the pillow.

‘Last I recall I was way up in the hills. How’d I get back here?’ he asked.

‘Couple of trappers happened by. According to what they told me it was like a massacre. Three dead outside. Two more shot inside the house and you.’ The voice was Ezra Pointer’s. The Marshal stepped into view at Bodie’s side. ‘You want to fill in the blank spaces for me.’

‘I trailed Sam Trask to the Gibbs’ place. Didn’t know he was still there until I went inside to get out of the storm. He was calling himself Kincaid. I recognized him from the wanted poster. Didn’t let on I knew who he was in case he threatened Gibbs and his daughter. I let him believe I was a passing stranger. Went out to the stable to check my horse, figuring to move in by the back door and get the drop on him. Only I hadn’t counted on three of Cabot’s mustangers riding in. They cut loose and we went at it. I walked away. They didn’t. I went back to the house.

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