Grey Zane by 1931 Sunset Pass by Zane Grey

Author:1931 Sunset Pass, by Zane Grey [1931 Sunset Pass, by Zane Grey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-26T06:04:14+00:00

Chapter 10

The red-scarfed rider had evidently had a drink or two, but he appeared level-headed. His tawny gaze swept Rock from head to foot, and back again.

“Howdy, Mister Big Hat!” he replied.

“My name is Rock. You’re Hesbitt’s foreman, Peeples,” went on Rock curtly. “He told me you were lookin’ for me.”

“I shore was.”

“You’re not drunk,” replied Rock. “How’s it you insult a married woman on the street?”

“Is thet any of your bizness?”

“It shore is. I’m an old friend of Amy Dabb’s. Rode for her husband. Reckon it’s not exaggeratin’ to claim I’m his friend, too.”

“All right, Rock, I apologize,” returned the foreman readily, though resentfully.

“All right, Peeples. We’re gettin’ somewhere. Now tell me why you were lookin’ for me?”

“I kept hearin’ aboot you out on the range. Then lately you come back an’ went to ride for Preston. Thet made me curious, an’ I reckon I jest wanted to meet up with you an’ see for myself.”

“See what?”

“Wal, Rock, do you know one of them queer range shadows is creep-in’ over the Prestons?”

“Peeples, I like Gage Preston. Do you know him?”

“Shore. Like him fine, too.”

“I didn’t take to Hesbitt,” mused Rock, as if making comparisons.

“Shore I never did, either,” admitted Peeples. “But—wal, I’m responsible for his stock. An’ you can bet your bottom dollar I’d never be responsible for Preston’s. Now about your connection with Preston. Speaks high for him to have you in his outfit. True Rock, clean an’ square range-rider! Old hand at the game! Sounds awful good when some new cattleman like Nesbitt or some wonderin’ puncher gets to talkin’. Rock, if Preston keeps you out there it’s a safe bet he is rustlin’ an’ will ring you in with him, by hook or crook.”

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