Trail West (A Sam Spur Western Book 6) by Matt Chisholm

Author:Matt Chisholm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wild west, cowboys, old west, gunfighters, peter watts, us lawmen, matt chisholm, cy james, us frontier life, ebook westerns, westerns online, san spur, westerns ebook
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing

Chapter Ten

The grave was dug. Spur straightened his back and stood up.

The three dark figures were motionless. In the background stood the horses.

Spur knew the moment had come. He knew he didn’t have much strength, though he had recovered a little from the beating he had taken. He would have to depend upon speed. And he wondered how much of that he had left.

Jenner stood off to his right with a gun in his hand. Then there was the Kid with Goodyear to his right. Neither held a gun. So there was a faint chance. Anyway, it was one he would have to take.

Spur said: “How you goin’ to do it, with me looking at you or with my back turned?”

Now that the moment had come, Jenner was feeling the pressure. It wasn’t every day you shot a man in cold blood.

He said: “Kneel down by the grave. That way we won’t have to lift you into it.”

The Kid said: “Jenner, you don’t have to kill him. I could take him right away from here. I swear it. You wouldn’t never hear from us again.”

“Forget it.”

Can I expect any help from the Kid? Spur wondered. Or will he draw on me by instinct when I make a move?

The Kid said: “You can’t kill a man in cold blood.”

“Watch me,” Jenner said. “And don’t get any ideas in your head, Kid.”

Spur said: “He kills me. Then you lead him to Strange and Offing. After that he doesn’t need you anymore. Then he kills you.”

Goodyear snapped: “Shut up, Spur. Get down by the grave.”

“Think about it, Kid,” Spur urged. “You know it makes sense.”

Jenner cocked his gun. The sound was faint, ominous and deadly. He raised the gun and the barrel caught the rays of the moon.

Spur said: “It looks like this is the end. So long, Kid.”

The Kid made a helpless noise with his mouth.

Jenner growled out: “Down on your knees, Spur.”

Spur got down on his knees. He leaned forward on his hands with his head drooping. He had to get split-second timing right. From behind him he heard Jenner take in a deep breath.

This was the moment.

Hands full of sand, Spur threw himself around, threw the sand and hurled himself to the right. This brought Jenner between Spur and the other two.

Jenner fired his gun, but he couldn’t see what he was doing because of the sand in his eyes. The bullet ploughed into the sand a foot from Spur who didn’t stop. He continued to move fast, hurling himself at Jenner. The man staggered to his right and crashed into the Kid. The Kid fell back and stumbled into Goodyear who had been in the act of cocking his gun with the intention of covering the Kid in case he proved awkward at the last moment.

Jenner yelled out as Spur wrenched the gun from his hand. Goodyear jumped forward and fired across the Kid. The bullet missed Spur by inches. He cocked and fired instinctively and saw the man stagger backward.

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