Clay Nash 6 by Brett Waring

Author:Brett Waring
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wells fargo, winchester rifle, colt 45, piccadilly publishing, keith hetherington, old west lawmen, lawmen and outlaws, cowboy fiction ebook, brett waring, clay nash
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing

Six – New Ally

She was dressed in pale corduroy trousers, a brown shirt and a narrow-brimmed hat. She had pulled her hair up on top of her head before putting the hat on and this was why Nash had not recognized his rescuer as a female earlier than he had.

Merida rode up, still clutching the Winchester saddle-ring carbine she had used to nail the drygulcher, and looked down unsmilingly at Nash. She frowned slightly at the sight of the blood on the side of his neck.

“Only a scratch,” Nash told her, seeing the direction of her gaze. “I dunno where you came from, señorita, or what you’re doin’ here, but ... muchas gracias.”

“Por nada, señor,” she replied quietly, swinging down lithely from the horse she rode. She gestured to the dead man Nash had shot. “You know who he is?”

Nash shook his head.

“That is Wes Coogan, and I have no doubt that the other one will turn out to be his partner, Taco Dodd. It seems that they had advance knowledge of your arrival, Señor Nash.”

“Seems that way,” he allowed. He frowned. “Saw Link Somers gettin’ down off the stage before I pulled out of Flatrock. Maybe he knew a shortcut to their spread and rode on and told ’em. Could’ve given ’em time to get back here and set up an ambush, I guess.”

“Plenty of time, señor,” she assured him. “The man in the livery told you of the old trail to Signal that hasn’t been used for years. Obviously he wanted to delay you.”

“Which still don’t explain how come you’re here, señorita.”

“I told you that I wanted the men who killed my father,” she said with a defiant tilt to her jaw. “I am—well, I am not bad-looking, eh? I don’t mean that boastfully, but I am aware that I have a body that men find attractive. Most men will do what I want if I go about it the right way. I saw you riding out of town, and then I went to the livery and—talked with the man there for some time. I made him a promise that I admit I have no intention of keeping.” She flushed as she said this, her high cheekbones staining dark. “And he told me you had asked the way to Signal, that you were looking for two men, Dodd and Coogan. I knew them from their occasional visits to Flatrock and I guessed that they must have had something to do with the hold-up ... so I followed you.”

“Well, I’m glad you did, no denyin’ that.” He squinted at her. “You can shoot well, and I noticed you whipped out that knife plenty slick back at the graveyard. Where’d you learn those things?”

She smiled faintly. “My father and brothers taught me. They were in a rebel band down in Mexico. It was essential that I knew how to shoot and fight and how to take care of myself.” Then she sobered. “One by one my brothers were killed. My

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