Vermijo by Nelson Hunter

Author:Nelson Hunter [Hunter, Nelson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: revenge, winchester rifle, colt 45, cowboy ebook, outlaws and lawmen, 1880s us western, remington single action revolver, venegance, vermijo novelization, vermizo arizona
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Seven

The pale-skinned Asian girl lay with her head in the crook of Jim Lockhart’s left arm. Her long black hair framed her soft, almost babyish face. She called herself CeeCee. It was far better than the name her parents gave her – Chee Yu. They had come to the goldfields of California from the Pearl Delta Region in China back in the mid-fifties. One disaster after another had led them to Tombstone and its silver mines. At fifteen years old she began to earn more on her back than her father did breaking his back in the mines. CeeCee was a prostitute…and a good one at that. That was why Jim would ride the two miles out of town to pay her frequent visits.

They lay in her bed, with white sheets rumpled about their bodies. Long fascinated by men with hairy chests, she ran her slim fingers through Jim’s thick carpet of chest hairs, twisting them in an idle circular motion. Both were getting their breath back. Jim looked up at the ceiling, eyes cold and calculating. He took a drag on his cigarette and let the smoke trickle from his lips. Their enthusiastic lovemaking forgotten, his mind was once again restless. He lay against the pillows and thought about four hours ago…

He had led the posse into Vermijo with a sense of pride. They had ridden hard all morning. He had planned that they would enter town at a time when it would be the busiest, and therefore their entry would make the most impact.

He and his men and their horses were exhausted. He didn’t care how Luke Tyler felt, just as long as he stayed alive long enough to be hung. It was going to be simple and clear-cut. Tyler would be strung up for killing his brother.

As they rode pass the gallows, he glanced back over his shoulder and saw the look of utter despair that stole over Luke’s face. He couldn’t and didn’t hide his smile. It made him feel so much better to see the misery that Luke was suffering.

There were about thirty people lining the street. Lockhart had expected more but didn’t show his disappointment. As they continued on slowly towards the law office, he looked about him. He recognized the citizens and filed away their names in his head. The only sounds in the street were the horses’ hooves striking ground and the creak of saddle leather. There was nothing from the crowd. Not one goddamn word.

Carl pulled up his mount alongside and said, ‘What’s the matter with these people? We’ve done our job and brought in a killer, and they ain’t got an appreciative bone in their bodies.’

‘Don’t let it faze you, Carl,’ Jim responded.

‘The hell I—’

‘Carl,’ he warned gently and raised a finger to his lips to shush him.

Carl’s face darkened. He wanted to say more. He wanted to shout and cuss at these people. He wanted to know how his brother could stay so calm. There was only one person at whom he could direct his anger and frustration.

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