Kilrone (1966) by L'amour Louis

Author:L'amour, Louis [L'amour, Louis]
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-12-12T06:26:40.890000+00:00

Chapter 11

Throughout the morning the firing was sporadic, wit h little result on either side. Fire from the three building s kept the Indians out of range most of the time, but no t without cost. One child was cut, not badly, by flyin g glass, and in the warehouse Mendel was wounded.

He was standing at a broken window trying to get a shot, when an Indian hidden nearby put a bullet into hi s hip, turning him for the second shot, which entered nea r his spine and emerged near the belt buckle.

Early in the afternoon there was a sudden explosio n on the hospital side ... a mine that Kilrone had no t found, or one hidden since his exploration. The explosio n knocked a hole in the wall of the building an d killed Olson. For several minutes the Indians concentrate d a hot fire on the hole and then tried a rush.

Two Indians fell from shots by Lahey and Ryerson , and the attack broke. One of the Indians dropped nea r the wall, and with a sudden rush got close enough to b e out of range.

"We've got to get him," Ryerson said. "He's right alongsid e that hole. Any time we stop watching he can shoo t right into us."

"You mean stick your head outsider" Lahey said. "Yo u try it, Sarge. Not me."

Barney Kilrone crouched by the window. Somebod y was moving around in one of the barracks about a hundred and fifty feet away. He could occasionally see a swift shadow against the window, and from time to tim e he heard a yell from Indians who were looting there.

He waited, biding his time. Then he saw the shado w again and lifted his rifle, taking a careful sight. He too k up slack on the trigger, and felt the rifle leap in hi s hands as the shot went off. There was a crash of glas s and the Indian fell backward through the window, on e arm flailing wildly as he tried to catch the corner t o break his fall.

Kilrone worked the lever on his gun and as the India n hit the ground he fired into him. The Indian half rose , and then fell back.

"Watch him," Kilrone said to Ryan. "They'll try to ge t him away."

He went back, staying close to the floor because of th e powder smoke in the room. Denise came to him whe n he entered the back room. "Are you all right, Barnes?"

"Where's Rybolt's wife?" he asked. "I want to talk t o her."

"You sit here and get some coffee. She'll be righ t over."

Stella Rybolt crawled over to him. He gestured towar d the partition. "Sit down here with your back against tha t and have a rest. I want to talk to you." He took th e coffee from Denise. "Tell me about your husband."

"What about him?"

"I never met him, and I'd like to know how he thinks.

He must have talked a lot to you.

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