Tanner's Revenge by Michael Stewart

Author:Michael Stewart [Stewart, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

When Jack got back to Tucson he handed Virgil Deakin over to the sheriff, together with the body of the man Deakin had killed, who somebody recognized as Caleb Murphy, a man who worked at the saloon and was well known for being a drunkard and a fool.

It turned out Murphy had rented the mule from the livery stable that Jack headed to next. Jack told the man there to take good care of his horse while he was down in Mexico, and paid him in advance for a month. And then Jack bought a second horse, a fresh one, on account of he had a lot of hard desert riding to do, and his horse had done enough of that kind of riding for a while.

‘Why don’t you just exchange your horse for a new one?’ asked the man. ‘It’ll be cheaper.’

But Jack explained that he was kind of attached to his horse, and wanted it back when he returned from Mexico. The man thought that was just plain loco, but kept his mouth shut. If the fellow wanted to throw his money away, let him. Especially as he’s throwing it my way.

Then Jack went to the newspaper office and asked if they printed Wanted posters, too. The editor, who seemed to be the only person who worked in the place, said yes, they printed Wanted posters, too.

‘I want you to print a Wanted poster with my description on it,’ said Jack. ‘I want you to put on every last detail. The scar on my eyebrow and everything, so it can’t be anybody else but me. Not my real name, though. We’ll think of a name.’

The editor didn’t rightly know what to make of this. But he kept his mouth shut, thinking if this young fellow wanted to throw his money away, it was his business. Especially as he’s throwing it my way.

‘How many you want printing?’ asked the man.

‘Just the one,’ said Jack.

‘What price you putting on your head, may I ask?’

‘I figure five hundred dollars, dead or alive.’

‘And what crimes did you commit, exactly?’

‘Robbed a couple of trains and a few banks. And killed a couple of men, too.’

The editor wasn’t too sure if the young fellow was crazy or not, but he’d seen him talking to the sheriff, so reckoned the man must be all right. ‘You sure five hundred is enough? They offered five thousand for Jesse James and each of his gang, and that was over ten years ago.’

‘I ain’t nearly a match for Jesse James,’ said Jack. ‘I’m only one tenth the villain he was. Five hundred will be plenty.’

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