Bodie 6 by Neil Hunter

Author:Neil Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wild west, old west, frontier fiction, piccadilly publishing, neil hunter, mike linaker, western pulp fiction, bodie the stalker
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing

Chapter Nine

Don Armando Castillo waved aside the servant filling his coffee cup as he saw the black-clad figure enter the dining room.

“Did he tell you anything, Rivera?”

“Nothing more, Patron. It was as I had expected. Elfego Rojhas has carried much hatred in his heart for a long time. It is strong enough to keep him from speaking.”

There was a harsh chuckle from the other end of the table. It came from a lanky, unshaven figure hunched over a half-eaten plate of food. Bright, wild eyes stared at Rivera. Thin, bloodless lips curled back from long, stained teeth.

“That’s what you get for sending a boy to do a man’s job!”

Rivera’s eyes flashed hotly. “You could have done better, Kane?”

“Something we might never find out now,” Preacher Kane said.

“Let us not argue amongst ourselves,” Castillo said. “We are faced with a difficult situation but we can resolve it.”

“I should have killed those two strangers in the village,” Rivera said.

Kane chuckled. “Yes, you should have — but you didn’t, Rivera, an’ now we are payin’ for your mistake.”

Rivera ignored the American. “Patron, the men are ready to ride again. We will not rest until we find those two.”

“Then go,” Castillo said. “My trust in you has not weakened, Rivera. I will remain here. Sooner or later we will receive a visit from one of the men who took Victoria. They have to present their demands. I wish to be here when that happens.”

“What of the priest?” Rivera said.

Castillo lifted his cup and drank. “Send some men to the village, and have them bring that interfering holy man. I have a feeling he may know more of this matter. Perhaps he will become a messenger for me instead of for God!”

Rivera nodded, and with a final scowl in Kane’s direction, he left the room.

“You should not taunt him so much, Kane,” Castillo said.

“Ah, don’t fret none,” Kane grinned. “Keeps the feller on his toes if he thinks I’m belittling him. You want me to hang round? Maybe if this son of a bitch does turn up I can offer him the word.” He thumped his hand down on the battered old bible he had laid on the table beside him. “The Lord will counsel my words and through me will show this transgressor the folly of his ways!”

Castillo frowned at the American. There were times when he failed to understand Kane’s strange personality. The man was a good ally. When it came to a fight there was none better. Just place a different problem before him and Kane would solve it by direct or devious means. He controlled his men with an iron hand and had little regard when it came to taking life. Yet he still carried on his fanatical religious ranting, his quoting from the bible, the ever-changing attitudes that placed him out of step with everyone around him. He was, Castillo thought, a hard man, a killer, and also a man to fear because of his unstable personality.

When they had finished eating Castillo led the way outside, Kane walking at his side.

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