Hunter's Choice by Neil Hunter

Author:Neil Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: elmore leonard, zane grey, western anthology, piccadilly publishing, neil hunter, jason brand, bodie the stalker, westerns ebooks, seth tyler, us marshal alvin leroy
Publisher: Piccadilly

There were three tellers in position. Henry Danbridge had just left his office in conversation with a client. They were part way across the floor when Gage and his three partners stepped inside. One man closed the door and stood with his back to it.

On Gage’s nod guns were drawn, Sandoval’s shotgun making its presence known. There was no need for orders to be given. They had done this kind of thing before and knew the procedure.

‘No noise,’ Gage said. ‘Do anything stupid and we will kill you. Simple as that. Don’t believe me you’ll find out the hard way. We just want the money. Paper. No coins.’

The tall, whip thin Cal Tessler pulled a couple of folded cloth bags from his pants and tossed them on the counter in front of the tellers.

‘Fill ’em,’ he said. ‘Empty all the drawers.’

Gage turned his handgun on Danbridge ‘You the boss man? Open the safe and show me what you got in there.’ When Danbridge hesitated he said, ‘You get one chance at this. You want to die for pieces of paper?’

Danbridge, as much as he liked money, liked life better and moved to do as he was told. The thick safe doors revealed even more cash.

‘Jim, fill your bags,’ Gage said.

Jim Rains took out the cloth sacks he carried and began to pack in stacks of bills.

Gage saw that the tellers had emptied their drawers. He waved his gun at them.

‘Out from behind the counter. Down on the floor and stay still.’

Sandoval, watching through the window, said, ‘Lookin’ quiet, Hoyt.’

‘It’s a quiet town. Why I picked it,’ Gage said. ‘You boys done? Okay, we go. Straight to the horses and ride out. Try and keep it steady.’

They gathered at the door. Gage caught Forrester’s eye and he gave a nod of understanding, freeing reins and holding the bunched horses.

They moved along the boardwalk, loose bunched and scanning the street around them. This was not their first robbery. They knew this was the time things could go wrong. The quiet before a possible storm.

They might have made it if Henry Danbridge hadn’t appeared in the bank door, courage returning, and yelling with enough force to reach across the street.

‘They robbed the bank. Stop them somebody ...’

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