Power of the Mountain Man by Unknown Author

Author:Unknown Author
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-04-30T04:00:00+00:00

Twelve

By that time, the first of the Tong members had scaled the top of the temple wall. They went over with a shout and others scrambled to follow. Heck Grange made curt gestures to two of his henchmen and sent them off to round up their number among the railroad police detachment. He’d see to an end of this, he thought furiously. Cyrus Murchison owned more than one judge. What one had done, another of them could undo.

He headed off to care for that at once, tossing behind him a curt command to Earl Rankin. “Get ’em out of here, Earl.”

“Yes, sir, Chief,” Rankin answered, somewhat relieved. Being around all these roused-up Chinamen with hatchets made him nervous. A chilling shout from inside the compound added speed to his feet.

Watching first the railroad police, then the city police, withdraw, Louis Longmont nodded in approval. That feisty lawyer had some sand. He spoke to Quo Chung Wu. “Now, we catch the men of the Tongs between us.”

A shot came from inside the temple grounds and the volunteers in the marketplace started forward. Recognizing friends, no one made a move to get in their way. Louis Longmont had his shotgun and that of Brian Pullen. When he reached the young attorney, he handed one of the Parkers to him.

“Maybe we should have asked the police to stay to take charge of the Tong members,” Brian asked.

“Sometimes, it is not wise to think like a lawyer. I don’t think these students are in much of a mood to take prisoners,” Louis told him grimly.

Consternation mingled with doubt on Brian’s face. “But. . .these men have broken laws here for years. They deserve to be punished.”

“Dead is about as punished as one can get, mon ami, don’t you think?”

Brian paled. “I—uh—never looked at it that way before.”

“Start to, or you may wind up with a hatchet between your eyes.”

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