Jack Slater: Revenge or Retribution? by Johnny Gunn

Author:Johnny Gunn [Gunn, Johnny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781647349684
Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
Published: 2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

Three-toes Jacobs didn’t ride into Elko. He went east instead, to Wilson’s feedlot to tell the boss what had happened. He rode straight through and was exhausted when he finally walked into the office of the feedlot. Blake Wilson heard him ride in and was at door.

Three-toes flopped down in a chair. “Warren killed one of his own hands,” he wheezed. “Others have run off. Our people are scattered, Mr. Wilson. The few we have left.”

“Slow down, Three-toes. Tell me what happened.” Blake Wilson wasn’t ready for more bad news. “Were our men involved? I have been against this marriage with Warren from the beginning.”

“Warren went nuts when he found out one of his hands, not one of our people, had left him. He horse whipped the man, Blake, drew blood from the man’s face with that quirt of his, and then shot him dead. Now, the sheriff is involved.”

“How did the sheriff get involved if it happened on the Warren ranch?”

“Old Winters shot Warren before he died, the doc came out, and then the Skelton deputy. Warren’s men probably told him what happened.”

“I never did like Sonny Belafleur’s idea of mingling our people with a rancher’s. We will have to let the law take its course, Three-toes. Let Amos Warren hang for murder and probably have his ranch sold out from under him beforehand. That’s his problem, not mine.” Blake Wilson paced around the great room trying to put this new wrinkle into place. “You said you were sent to fetch hands?” Three-toes nodded.

“Then, go back to the ranch without any extra hands, tell him whatever you want. We’re finished with Amos Warren, but it’s important that you get our people out of there. Tell what’s left of our crew to ride to Elko and we’ll get word to them. For god’s sake, don’t bring ‘em here.”

He paced around the generous office, stopped twice to look out the window at the almost empty feed pens, and knew this would not just blow over. “We have got to disassociate from Warren,” he snarled. He was more talking to himself than to Three-toes. “Sheriff will swarm all over that ranch.” He looked at Three-toes. “You buried the body under a trash pile? Any way you could get it out of there before the sheriff’s people find it?”

“The deputy I talked to leaving out seemed to know that someone was killed. Don’t have any idea what Warren might have said, though. I can’t get back to the ranch until late tomorrow at the best, Mr. Wilson. Maybe I can find Odie and Skinny and get some help.”

“Skinny’s busy right now, Three-toes, and Odie Jackson is no longer part of the organization.” Three-toes couldn’t believe that. He just stood in the middle of the room, shaking his head. “You and Louie Bloom are the only ones left at the Warren place. Do your best, but try not to get involved if the sheriff’s people are already on the job.” He continued pacing around as Three-toes made his way out.

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