Dancer's Trail by Jake Logan

Author:Jake Logan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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The atmosphere at the Talley ranch was thick with tension. Soon everyone knew that Dancer had killed Elgie Lay. No one gave Dancer hard looks. They were afraid that he would kill them, too. They avoided him. For his part, Dancer kept close to Levi. He was the only one who would talk to Dancer. Dancer had seated himself beside Slocum the morning after the killing. Slocum was there ahead of him, eating his breakfast.

“Where we going today?” Dancer had asked. “North pasture?”

“Yeah.”

Slocum did not look at Dancer. He just continued eating his breakfast. Levi came and sat on Dancer’s other side. “Morning, Dancer,” he said.

“How you doing this morning, kid?”

“I’m doing fine. How about you?”

“Fit as a fiddle, kid. Just great. Slocum says we’re going back out to the north pasture today.”

“All right.”

“We ought to be done out there in another day or so. Wouldn’t you say so, Slocum?”

“I s’pose,” said Slocum. He drained his coffee cup and stood up to leave with no further words to either Dancer or Levi.

“What’s the matter with him?” Levi asked.

“Ah, he’s got something up his ass.” He looked over the table to make sure that no one was within earshot, and then he spoke to Levi in hushed tones. “He ain’t like us, kid. And if we don’t do something about it real soon, he’s going to be a problem.”

“You mean—”

“I mean we got to kill ole Slocum. And right away.” The kid took a sip of coffee and looked thoughtful. “Listen, kid,” Dancer went on, “I got to go to town this morning. You go on out to the north pasture with ole Slocum. Make up something to cover for me. Hell, tell him the truth. Tell him I had some business in town. Tell him I’ll come around later in the day.”

Levi looked at Dancer with a meaningful expression on his young face. “All right, Dancer,” he said.

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