Grim Lands by Robert E Howard

Author:Robert E Howard [Howard, Robert E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-21T17:14:21.617000+00:00

--olonel, I don't know what to say. I--e been a blind fool. I feel that the lives of murdered men are hung about my neck for all Eternity! All through my blindness and stupidity!----hat do you mean, John?--ejaculated Colonel Hopkins.

--olonel, Miller talked at last. He just finished telling me the whole dirty business. I have his confession, written as he dictated.----e named the chief of the Vultures?--exclaimed Hopkins eagerly.

--e did!--answered Middleton grimly, producing a paper and unfolding it. Joel Miller-- unmistakable signature sprawled at the bottom.--ere is the name of the leader, dictated by Miller to me!----ood God!--whispered Hopkins.--ill McNab!----es! My deputy! The man I trusted next to Corcoran. What a fool--what a blind fool I--e been. Even when his actions seemed peculiar, even when you voiced your suspicions of him, I could not bring myself to believe it. But it's all clear now. No wonder the gang always knew my plans as soon as I knew them myself! No wonder my deputies--before Corcoran came--were never able to kill or capture any Vultures. No wonder, for instance, that Tom Deal--scaped,--before we could question him. That bullet hole in McNab-- arm, supposedly made by Deal--Miller told me McNab got that in a quarrel with one of his own gang. It came in handy to help pull the wool over my eyes.

--olonel Hopkins, I--l turn in my resignation tomorrow. I recommend Corcoran as my successor. I shall be glad to serve as deputy under him.----onsense, John!--Hopkins laid his hand sympathetically on Middleton't shoulder.--t-- not your fault. You--e played a man't part all the way through. Forget that talk about resigning. Wahpeton doesn't need a new sheriff; you just need some new deputies. Just now we--e got some planning to do. Where is McNab?----t the jail, guarding the prisoners. I couldn't remove him without exciting his suspicion. Of course he doesn't dream that Miller has talked. And I learned something else. They plan a jail-break shortly after midnight.----e might have expected that!----es. A band of masked men will approach the jail, pretend to overpower the guards--yes, Stark and Richardson are Vultures, too--and release the prisoners. Now this is my plan. Take fifty men and conceal them in the trees near the jail. You can plant some on one side, some on the other. Corcoran and I will be with you, of course. When the bandits come, we can kill or capture them all at one swoop. We have the advantage of knowing their plans, without their knowing we know them.----hat-- a good plan, John!--warmly endorsed Hopkins.--ou should have been a general. I--l gather the men at once. Of course, we must use the utmost secrecy.----f course. If we work it right, we--l bag prisoners, deputies and rescuers with one stroke. We--l break the back of the Vultures!----ohn, don't ever talk resignation to me again!--exclaimed Hopkins, grabbing his hat and buckling on his gun-belt.--man like you ought to be in the Senate. Go get Corcoran. I--l gather my men and we--l be in our places before midnight.

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