The Pinkerton Job by J. R. Roberts

Author:J. R. Roberts [Roberts, J. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Westerns
ISBN: 9780515153194
Google: M9ZpMAEACAAJ
Amazon: 0515153192
Barnesnoble: 0515153192
Publisher: JOVE
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-TWO

“You want us to what?” Rosario asked.

“Drive the cows to Mexico while we ride on ahead,” Sandusky said.

The Mexican looked at Anderson, who shrugged, then back at Sandusky.

“And you want me to lead them.”

“Yeah.”

“Porque?” he asked. “Why?”

“Why not?” Sandusky said. “You know your way around Mexico. With you leadin’ them, they won’t get lost.”

“And what will you be doin’?”

“Makin’ arrangements to sell ’em when you get ’em there.”

Rosario got a crafty look on his face.

“Will I be gettin’ a bigger cut if I do this?” he asked.

“A bigger cut?”

“If I am to lead men, I believe I should be paid to lead men, no? Es verdad?”

“Okay,” Sandusky said, “sure, why not? More money for Rosario.” He looked at Anderson. “Remind me.”

“Sure, boss.”

All three of them looked over to where the other men were tending to the cows.

“We should go and tell them that I am the new jefe, eh?”

“Yeah,” Sandusky said, “we should definitely do that.”

The men did not react well to Rosario being put in charge, but when they raised their voices to protest, Sandusky shouted them all down.

“Does anybody else here know his way around Mexico?” he demanded.

“I been there,” a man named Rizzo said.

“Yeah,” Sandusky said, “once, when you got drunk in El Paso and wandered across the border. No, Rosario knows his way around, and he’s gonna to be in charge until you all reach Mexico.” He looked at Rosario. “And then I’m in charge again. Got it?”

“I got it, jefe,” Rosario said.

“Good,” Sandusky said, “then Cal and me and Delilah will get movin’, and you boys follow us and get there as soon as you can.”

“Why’s Delilah get to go?” somebody asked.

“Anybody else willin’ to let me stick my dick in your mouth?” Sandusky demanded.

Nobody stepped up.

Delilah smirked.

Rosario’s chest was all puffed up as he strutted around, giving orders.

“Let’s get out of here,” Sandusky said.

* * *

When they were out of earshot and sight of the rest of the men, they slowed to a trot.

“That ain’t gonna work out, boss,” Anderson said. “Those men ain’t gonna give Rosario the respect of a leader.”

“That’s because he ain’t a leader,” Sandusky said. “He’s a damn Mex.”

“So they’re gonna be totally confused,” Anderson said.

“Oh, yeah.”

Anderson looked at Sandusky, who was staring straight ahead. There was a look of total satisfaction on his face. Riding beside him, Delilah was grinning broadly, revealing the gaps where her missing teeth used to be.

“Harlan,” Anderson said, “I’m kinda glad we been ridin’ together as long as we been.”

“We been ridin’ together too long for me ever to do somethin’ like that to you, Cal,” Sandusky assured him. “But for the rest of them? There comes a time you gotta use whatever you got to get away. There’s always a chance Rosario and the others would kill members of a posse, or Siringo if he ain’t already dead.”

“And at the very least, they’ll slow anyone who’s trackin’ us down.”

“You got it.”

“So we ain’t gonna look for somebody to buy them cows?”

“No, no,” Sandusky said.

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