Pictures of Death by Kenneth Robeson

Author:Kenneth Robeson [Robeson, Kenneth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Action & Adventure, Pulp Action
Published: 2009-08-24T07:00:00+00:00

Nellie dropped the picture. Smitty ran out the door and toward the barn, with the little blonde on his heels.

"Get back in the house, will you?" Smitty rasped. "There might be trouble out here."

"So what?" Nellie panted. "If there is, you'll probably need a nurse to -- "

They plunged into the barn. After the sun, the interior of the building was gloomy. It took a moment to see the man who had cried out frantically for help. Then they saw him, at the far side of the barn.

He was a stocky fellow in overalls, with dried blood on the side of his head. He lay on the dirt floor, with hands and legs tightly roped so that he couldn't move.

Here was the caretaker.

Smitty reached the man in two jumps. He opened his knife as he bent down.

The man whispered. "Watch out! They're -- "

Nellie yelped a warning.

From the shadows came an avalanche of men! The avalanche went over Smitty like a landslide over a big tree; and he went down.

He heard Nellie call his name, then heard some man yell in a way that meant the little blonde had executed one of her efficient jujitsu tricks.

Usually when a man is down, with such odds against him, he is also out. But not Smitty. The big fellow fought almost as well from a prone position as he did on his feet.

Feet were searching for his head, earnestly trying to kick his brains out. He grabbed a couple of the feet and squeezed. The owners yelled as something like a vise made jelly of their toes, and they hopped off to sit down and moan.

Legs swarmed around as more men gathered to club at the prone giant. Smitty gathered as many legs in his vast arms as he could -- and sat up. As he sat up, about four men sat down. Then he could rise.

He bellowed as he saw two men battering at Nellie. The diminutive blonde had ducked everything so far; then one of the two tagged her satiny cheek while she was engaged in tangling the other in his own feet.

Smitty tore loose from the rest and got to the man who had hit Nellie. The big fellow smacked this one so forcefully that he described an arc through a dozen feet of space and smashed against the barn wall so hard that a board came loose and fell outside.

Then the crew started shooting.

"Back of me!" roared Smitty.

Nellie got behind him. Smitty plunged forward, caught two men who were ahead of their fellows and held them in front of him, each encircled by a huge arm.

It wasn't going to do the trick It began to look as if they wouldn't leave that barn alive!

This bunch of thugs had seen them enter the house. They had deliberately made the bound and helpless caretaker yell for help so Smitty and Nellie would come to his rescue; then they ambushed them.

Smitty felt a couple of giant punches in his left side. Two

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