Betrayal of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2014-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

HAVE NOT SEEN SMOKE JENSEN STOP EXPECTED HIM TWO DAYS AGO STOP WILL HAVE HIM SEND MESSAGE IF HE ARRIVES STOP

“Now I am beginning to get worried,” Sally said.

“You want us to go look for him?” Pearlie asked.

“I don’t want you to go without me,” Sally said. “But I want to give it a couple more days. I would hate to be out looking for him, and not be here to get his telegram when it comes.”

“All right,” Pearlie said.

“Thank you, Cody,” Sally called back to the telegrapher.

“Miss Sally, if anything comes for you in the next day or so, I promise I’ll get it out to your ranch,” Cody said.

“I appreciate that,” Sally said. Then to Pearlie and Cal: “Well, I take it you two are back. Shall we go home?”

“We’re back,” Cal said. “And guess what we brung you.”

“What you brung me?” Sally scolded.

“Uh, what we brought you?”

“That’s better. And it doesn’t matter what you brought me. I’m just happy to see the two of you back where you belong.”

“Four hunnert dollars,” Cal said.

“What?” Sally responded with a gasp, surprised by the comment.

“We brung . . . uh, that is, we brought you four hunnert dollars,” Cal said. “To help save the ranch.”

“Where on earth did you get . . . no, never mind, it doesn’t matter where you got it. However you got it, it’s your money. Please don’t feel any obligation toward Sugarloaf.”

“Miss Sally, you don’t want to hurt our feelings, do you?” Pearlie asked.

“What? No, of course not.”

“Well, then, you must know that we consider Sugarloaf our home too. I know we don’t own any of it, or nothin’ like that. But it is our home nonetheless. And like you said, this here money is our money, which means we can pretty much do with it as we please. Ain’t that right?”

Sally sighed. She wasn’t even going to consider the poor grammar.

“Yes,” she said. “It’s your money to do with as you like. And yes, Sugarloaf certainly is your home.”

“Then, we want to give you this money to help save it.”

“Thank you,” Sally said. “I couldn’t be more touched.”

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