Josh Logan's Revenge by Chimp Robertson

Author:Chimp Robertson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dusty Saddle Publishing
Published: 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Josh went back to Victoria, and just as he put Macho in a stall at the livery stable, Willie Sneed told him he needed to go see the sheriff.

“Howdy, Sheriff Riley,” Josh said. “I just got back to town and Willie said you wanted to see me.”

“Yeah, I do,” Riley said. “Will Jensen thought of something he forgot to tell us when he first got here.” He led Josh to the back room and unlocked Jensen’s cell door.

“What’d you forget to tell me?” Josh asked.

“What I forgot was, Lem Olsen told everyone to meet in a month at the cave south of San Antonio.”

“Where is that cave?”

“It’s about ten miles south of town,” Jensen said. “But one or two of ‘em that don’t have no place to go and hide out for a month might go on up there,” Jensen said.

“Thanks, Will,” Josh said. “Not only will I vouch for you at your trial, but if you win your freedom I’ll help you find a cowboy job, since that’s why you came to Texas in the first place.”

Paul Beacham had tried to take over the gang after Tom Burch was captured and hung, but Lem Olsen claimed the position, causing bad feelings between them. When the gang split up, Beacham headed north. The first day out, he robbed a store in the small town of Cuero, for food and ammunition.

Out of spite, he bragged that he was boss of the Wolf Gang, tipped his hat at the owner’s wife, shot and killed her husband, then dragged their seventeen-year-old daughter Lola Belle outside.

He forced her to get on his horse then jumped up behind her. He spurred his tired horse west toward the river cave south of San Antonio, and pitched a camp among the trees.

The sheriff in Cuero telegraphed all the sheriffs in the area about the robbery and murder and kidnapping. When Sheriff Riley got the message, he handed it to Josh.

“It’s bad enough he robbed the store,” he said. “But he also shot and killed the man who owned it, and kidnapped his seventeen-year-old daughter, Lola Belle.”

It was about a hundred miles from Victoria to San Antonio. Josh looked for the tenth time that next morning for a cave as he followed the San Antonio River. Suddenly, Macho pointed his ears and stared hard at a small stream of blue smoke drifting up through the tops of the cottonwoods ahead. He stepped off and tied Macho to a limb, and taking his rifle, slipped forward.

Paul Beacham sat on the ground close to a small fire boiling coffee, as the young girl stood nearby, tied to a tree.

“Stand up and lift them hands,” Josh yelled.

Caught by complete surprise, Beacham stood up and raised his hands. Then, just as Josh stepped into the clearing, he jerked out his pistol.

“I’ll blow the top of her head off if you come any closer,” Beacham said.

“I came up here lookin’ for a fight,” Josh said, “So make your play.”

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