The Devils Gunslinger by Chet Cunningham

Author:Chet Cunningham [Cunningham, Chet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781629182476
Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
Published: 2014-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Sully felt an icy shiver skitter down his back as the familiar name was used twice. His old name.

“Told you my name is Sully Roberts, Marshal. There must be hundreds of ex-soldiers named Sully. Took a count in my home town once and there were fourteen of us. All with different last names. Looks like you made a hard ride out here for nothing, Marshal.”

“Yeah, I figured that way, too. But I had to check it out. You was in the war, right?”

“Sure, most men north and south my age got a crack at being a deadly killer soldier. Some of them made it. Not my long suit. Anything else, Marshal?”

“Hell, reckon not. If you was the right Sully I could have made myself a five hundred dollar reward.”

“Hey, sorry about that, Marshal. Maybe on the next poster you’ll have better luck. Now we better get moving if I want to get this chuck wagon of mine down the grade into the big valley.”

“You way down there,” the Marshal said. “Been guessing there would be more cowboys in here hunting then free steers. Maybe too early.” He took off his high crowned hat, wiped sweat off his forehead, then nestled the hat back in place.

“Well, Sully Roberts, good luck in your drive. Yep everybody in town knows all about it. You take now.” The marshal turned his horse and rode at a walk back toward Conner’s Corner.

Sully watched him go for a minute then lifted his hand over his head and give the forward motion as he brought it down. Too late he realized it was an army move, but no one seemed to pay any attention to it. They were off and moving again.

He knew the right track to get back to the big valley and the way down the slope. They didn’t make it by dark but he slowed a little and they had no trouble. At the campsite he showed the new men the fence and the penned in cattle.

“These are the critters we will be moving out first thing in the morning,” Sully said. “They should be anxious to move since they have been restricted here for the past few days. We’ll head almost due east through the valley then see what kind of land we have to cover. Shouldn’t be any big problems between here and Fort Worth. At least no big rivers to swim. We’ll have a campfire and some coffee, then be time to hit the blankets.”

They did. Sully sat on his blankets in the lean to a minute thinking. It had been a good day. The chuck wagon was more than he expected. The five riders looked like they could do the work. So in the morning they would pack up and get moving.

Curley came around and sat down across from Sully.

“Been looking at the chuck wagon with candles. She sure is loaded. Going to be fun cooking out of there. Get a start in the morning with bacon and eggs. Then pack in the rest of the cooking things and we’re off.

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