Wanted! Belle Starr by J. T. Edson

Author:J. T. Edson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: C429, Western, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781850573388
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 1983-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

As Dead As Kelsey’s Nuts

“JUST look at this lousy Pat-Lander, Steve!”

“Yeah, Lee. Seems the hairy bastard wants to have the whole god-damned sidewalk to his-self!”

Hearing the comments made in harsh Mid-West accents, as he was on the point of turning and demanding the return of the purloined revolver, Geoffrey Crayne realized that he must be the ‘lousy Pat-Lander’ to whom the approaching men were referring with obvious hostility. Although under different circumstances, he might have considered the words a tribute to his ability at adopting a convincing disguise, at that moment, what he deduced from their context was a cause for some consternation. He concluded, as he was studying the demeanour of the speakers, that unless he was mistaken, they were intent upon provoking trouble. There was a truculence about them which was even more open than he had seen when confronted by a bunch of Yale students when he and some of his fraternity brothers were celebrating one evening in New York City.

However, the young man’s instincts warned him that the situation might prove vastly more serious than comparatively friendly rough-and-tumble with members of what he regard as a lesser university!

Nor was Crayne wrong!

To experienced Western eyes, Stephen Forey and Lee Potter were clearly ‘on the prod’ and looking for trouble!

No coward, neither was the Bostonian the kind to deliberately seek trouble. Furthermore, although the term

‘bastard’ rankled, he was less annoyed by the other remarks as he was neither Irish nor hairy. An added inducement to forbearance was that he was disinclined to let himself be turned aside from his quest for vengeance by what was nothing more than a triviality. He realized that to become involved in an unneccessary street brawl would do nothing to help him catch up with David Icke. In fact, if he should lose his false beard in a fight, his identity might be betrayed to the man he was after. Should that prove the case, being smart enough to guess what he was intending, the author would take flight and be even more difficult to approach in the future. With the latter contingency in mind, he decided he would not allow himself to be provoked by the two men.

A person better acquainted with the West than Crayne would have read something vastly more sinister than an attempt to start a fist fight in the behaviour of Forey and Potter. Halting so as to block the sidewalk, despite being about four foot apart, each was holding his right hand with seeming negligence close to the butt of his low tied revolver. It was the posture of a frontier trained gun fighter at readiness to draw and throw lead.

Wondering whether the two men were in league with the woman who had purloined his revolver, Crayne decided against putting the matter to the test. He would do all he could to avoid trouble. On the point of doing so, he was given the biggest surprise of his life.

“Pathrick Moichael O’Toole!” yelled a feminine voice with a strong Irish brogue.

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