The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny by Charlie Small

Author:Charlie Small [Small, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-79290-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

‘Sweet! Thanks again, Susie; now, you get back home before you get into trouble,’ said Bob.

‘It was nothing,’ Susie said as she went to leave. ‘Now you come up and see me sometime, you hear?’

We led our horses into the street, and crept cautiously down to the saloon. I tied Freecloud to the hitching rail and held on to Fortune as Bob tiptoed up to the saloon doors, peered inside, and then trotted back to us.

‘Ham’s in there,’ he said. ‘He’s sat at a long table with Mad Mickey and three others. The table is stacked full of money and they’re busy counting it.’

‘Shall we storm the place together, boss?’ asked Mick the Miner.

‘No, I mean to have some fun,’ said Wild Bob, smiling and mounting his horse. ‘You stay out here as backup, until I call you. You, Kid, you’re coming with me,’ and he leaned down and pulled me up onto the saddle behind him.

‘Ready, Kid?’ he asked with a grin, and before I had time to answer he sent Fortune crashing through the swing doors and galloping across the polished wooden floor of the saloon. We skirted around the side of the long, fancy table and skidded to a stop in front of an astonished Horatio Ham. The horse reared onto its hind legs and let out an ear-splitting whinny.

Mad Mickey McKay went for his gun, sending a stack of coins crashing down, rolling and spinning across the floor. Faster than a rattlesnake’s strike, Wild Bob’s own gun appeared in his hand, cocked and pointing straight at the Marshal.

‘Guns on the table, boys, and no funny business,’ said Bob, and the four men who sat at the table did as they were told. ‘Looks like you’ve been caught with your fingers in the till, Ham,’ said Wild Bob.

‘How dare you,’ interrupted Marshal McKay, spluttering and turning puce with anger. I can see why they call him Mad Mickey McKay now; he was absolutely fuming! ‘I’ll see you get ten years for this, you no-good, low-down farm boy.’

‘A farm boy without a farm,’ Wild Bob corrected him. ‘But we all know why that is, don’t we, Ham?’

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