The Burt Arthur Western MEGAPACK ®: 4 Classic Novels of the Old West by Burt Arthur

Author:Burt Arthur [Arthur, Burt]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: gunslinger, indian, western, Texas, cowboy
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2015-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

“Say, Mike, meant to ask you this right off. Did I hear some gunplay last night, or was that something else I dreamed up?”

“Oh, it was gunplay, all right,” Hoban answered grimly. Canavan, stealing a look at him, saw his beady eyes burn. “We had a hanging set for this morning. A no-good, murdering nester named Lundy. Seems he broke outta the sheriff’s back room some time last night. But instead of hightailing it while he had the chance, the damned fool decided he’d try a little shoot-out with us. We blasted him good.”

“H’m,” Canavan said with a shake of his head. “He musta been out’ve his mind to try anything like that.”

“He musta been outta something,” big Hoban said.

“Saved you the trouble of stringin’ him up.”

“That’s right. Now I’d like to get my hands on the one who helped him break out.”

“Got any idea who it mighta been?”

“I don’t think it was anybody from town. I think it was another nester. They stick together, you know.”

“Uh-huh.”

“But we’ll catch up with him one o’ these days.” Hoban continued, and his eyes glinted again. “Somebody’ll talk outta turn and give him away and we’ll hear about it and grab him. And when we bring him in, that’ll be that. We’ll hang him higher’n a kite. You aimin’ to head out today, Mac?”

“No-o, I think I’ll stay around for another day or two.”

“That’s good,” Hoban said, nodding.

“After I’ve put something away inside of me,” Canavan went on, “I think I’ll go saddle up that mare of mine and run her a little. Stopped in at the stable when I came out of the hotel and looked in on her. She was stamping and fussin’ around like a good feller. Think I’d better get her out of there before she gets a mad on and kicks down the stall.”

Hoban grinned.

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