Novel 1963 - Dark Canyon (v5.0) by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Usenet
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1963-10-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

MARTIN HARDCASTLE ROLLED the cigar in his lips and considered the situation with pleasure. From their hideout in the Blues his men had struck swiftly at the Shattuck herds. They had stolen only a few cattle at first, and they had left not too clear a trail—a trail that led into the broken canyon country beyond which lay the Sweet Alice Hills.

A few nights later, they had struck again, and to make it not too obvious, they had swept up a few Boxed O cattle at the same time.

Hardcastle himself had helped to foment the talk about the white-face cattle; after all, where could Gaylord Riley get such cattle when Shattuck would not sell? And why would any honest man choose to live in such a remote place?

Hardcastle knew from experience that most people love to talk, and like to repeat what they have heard. Trouble is born of rumor, and nine people out of ten will repeat a rumor—consciously or unconsciously adding their bit. Out of those rumors had come Peg Oliver's attitude, Larsen's questions, and McCarty's sympathy.

Hardcastle was bidding for a cattle war out of which he would not only have his revenge against Dan Shattuck, but a profit in sweeping up the pieces. He would not be suspected, since he had nothing—apparently—to gain.

Riley was young and likely to be hotheaded. Dan Shattuck was stubborn and hotheaded himself. Hardcastle intended to see a gun battle between the two, and he did not care which man won. He knew nothing of Riley's skill with a gun.

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