Killer Take All by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Sky Meadow

Roy Streeter, Hank Mitchell, and Dusty Caldwell were on an exploratory scout for Collins.

“This here is part o’ the Sky Meadow Ranch,” Mitchell said. “Folks say that this is s’pose to be the most valuable land in the whole valley, with two creeks furnishin’ the water.”

“Look over there,” Caldwell said, pointing to a gather. “Are them cows or buffalo? I ain’t never seen me no cows that look like that, but they seem too little to be buffs.”

“They’re what’s called Black Angus,” Mitchell said. “They’re ’bout the most expensive cows a feller can have.”

“Wooee, there sure is a lot of ’em,” Caldwell said. “This MacCallister feller must be rich.”

“They say he is,” Mitchell replied. “Wait a minute. Look over there. Ain’t them celestials s’posed to be workin’ for us? What are they doin’ here, workin’ for MacCallister?”

“Damn if I know,” Streeter said. “Why don’t we just ride down there ’n find out?”

* * *

Wang Chow was watching as Cong Sing and two more of his countrymen were stretching strands of barbed wire between two of the fence posts. Wang looked up as the three riders approached.

“Here, what are you heathens doin’?” one of the three asked.

“Can you not see? We are erecting a fence,” Wang Chow replied.

“Well, seein’ as we are about to take over this here part of the ranch, you ain’t got no right to be a-doin’ that, so I’m tellin’ you now to stop it.” As he made the demand, Streeter pulled his pistol. The two men with him pulled theirs as well.

Wang stepped up to the fence line and took one end of the strand of barbed wire from Cong Sing.

“Xiansheng MacCallister asked that this be done in his absence, and until he says otherwise, we will continue to do so.” He held up the end of the wire to illustrate his point.

“Yeah? Well, how is it you’re goin’ to be able to do that with a bullet in your head?”

Without saying a word, Wang snapped the hand that was holding the end of the barbed wire back down quickly. The result was an arch that appeared in the strand then traveled down the wire so that it encountered all three men, striking each of them in the hand that held the pistols, causing all of them to drop their guns.

“What the hell!” Streeter shouted in surprise, alarm, and some pain, for the barbs of the wire had cut through the skin. He, Mitchell, and Caldwell were all three holding painful, bleeding wrists. Cong Sing moved quickly to recover the dropped weapons.

“Why, you little—” Streeter shouted in anger. He slid down from the saddle, pulled a large knife, and charged toward Wang.

Wang stepped to one side then brought the side of his hand crashing down on the back of Streeter’s neck. Streeter went down like a poleaxed steer.

“Streeter!” Mitchell called. He glared at Wang. “Did you kill him?”

“He will live. But if you do not leave now, and take him with you, I will kill him.

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