The Lightning Warrior by Max Brand
Author:Max Brand [Brand, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Western
Publisher: Roy Glashan's Library
Published: 2013-05-23T22:00:00+00:00
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XXIII. â THE WILD MAN AGAIN
When one sees lightning, it is already too late to run. When we saw Cobalt, he was stepping straight toward us. How do you think he greeted us after the long absence and after all that had passed between us? He simply said: âHello, fellows! What did you think of that meeting? There was a show for you!â
âWere you there, Cobalt?â I asked.
âYes. I was there. I was standing a little behind you.â A glint of amusement came into his eyes.
I understood at once. Heâd been following us. He knew all about us. He had known, perhaps, ever since we came into town, but he did not gloat over us. Neither did he show the slightest feeling of any kind. He merely said: âIt was a good show. That fellow, Soapy, heâd be worth knowing. He has something more than cloth up his sleeve.â
I looked at Baird, and Baird looked at me.
âItâs a wonder we ever left Circle City,â I said, taking the conversational bull by the horns.
âWell, you might have waited,â said Cobalt. âYou were afraid of trouble with me, werenât you?â
âOf course we were,â put in Baird.
âAs long as we didnât meet on the trail,â said Cobalt, âit was all right. That might have been bad. Did you ever notice the queer ideas that a fellow gets when heâs on the trail?â
I listened to him and could not believe my ears. âCobalt, you would have killed me on the trail?â
âYes,â he replied as calmly as you please. âOf course, I would have killed youâif I could.â
Baird glared at us in a wild way. This sort of talk was too much for him. It was like having a bounding, roaring lion come up and lick your hand. âIâve got to get back,â he muttered. âIâve got to get back to my girl.â
âOh, sheâs all right,â said Cobalt.
âWhat?â exclaimed Baird.
Cobalt grinned at us in a friendly way. âDonât you worry,â he said. âI only looked at her. I didnât steal her. Sheâs asleep.â
âYou looked at her? Through the window?â
âNo, not through the window. I opened the door.â
âThat door has a lock on it,â exclaimed Baird, all in a sweat.
âI jimmied the lock and walked in.â
âThe mischief you did,â said Baird.
âI wanted to see her. It had been ages, since the last look. So I spoiled the lock on that door. It doesnât amount to anything, and itâll save me some trouble the next time.â
âCobalt,â I said, âwhy did you do it? Did you throw her into a fit? A thing like thatâs enough to kill her.â
âOf course it is, only I didnât wake her up. I didnât want to talk to her. I just wanted to look. I would be there still looking, except that the wolf got a shade restless, and I was afraid he was growling loud enough to wake her up.â He gestured toward a corner. âLetâs go over and have a drink.â
I was still more than half staggered. My brain reeled.
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