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"Tall, like a chimney he was," said she, "and a chest like a wall, so broad, and a voice like a huntsman's horn, though only a b'y, an' no hair an his face; an' little I know whether he is dead or alive; but dead belike, for he's sure to come rap agin' somethin' that'd kill him; for he, the darlin', was that aisy and gentle, he wouldn't pull his fightin' iron till he had death in his ribs."
"There is no air in this room." They went out into the black night, and as they walked, each kept his hand upon the letter, so that it seemed to be a power which tied them together. "Angus," said Harrigan after a time, "we'll be fightin' for the letter soon. Why should we? I know every line of it by heart." "I know every word," answered McTee. "I've a thought," said Harrigan.
So we started drivin’ north, an’ they jumped us." "Who?" "Yankees—th’ brand what probably set at home an’ let others do th’ real fightin’—ready to come in an’ take over once th’ shootin’ was done with. They grabbed th’ herd. Shot Will Bachus when he stood up to ’em, an’ made it all legal ’cause they had a tin-horn deputy ridin’ with ’em. Well, we got him anyway an’ two or three of th’ others.
I was fightin' and blockin', fightin' and blockin', like a d-demon, sor, b-but b-but " Here Gaskin's utterance grew thicker, his fat head bobbed, then he slithered down by the rail in the hot sunshine; his face stared skyward and stewed sweat in the terrific heat. Madden gave a grunt of disgust. Gaskin was fast asleep. There was nothing to be done.
I am so . . . sorry; yes, yes, I be." The captain was not offended. He waved the apologies aside. "So you think it's worth while my fightin' it out, do you, Labe?" he asked, reflectively. "I I think it's what you ought to do anyhow, whether it's worth while or not.
"I left the explaining for him." Gus smiled meditatively. "First we knew that you an' him had been fightin' was when he wrote us a letter sayin' he was doin' great an' could see out of one eye." Then, more gravely: "It was worryin' over Buddy's affair that got Ma to ailin'. She 'ain't been right well since. Say, wha'd you do with that woman?"
Dan, are you goin' to let Joe Cumberland die because you want to stay here and fight it out with a dirty cutthroat?" "I don't want to fight," protested Barry. "No, there ain't nothin' I like less than fightin'!" Buck Daniels cursed softly and continuously to himself. "Dan," he said, "can you sit there and lie like that to me? Ain't I seen you in action?
Uncertain yet of her reaction to this, but more bitter and furious as he revealed his utter baseness, she waited for more to be said. "Wal, I'll be doggoned," drawled Daggs. "What do you make of this kind of fightin'?" queried Jorth, "Darn if I know," replied Daggs in perplexity. "Shore an' sartin it's not the way of a Texan. Mebbe this young Isbel really is what old Gass swears he is.
But I'm fightin' too . . . er . . . I'm fightin' too." Captain Zelotes pulled his beard. "How's the fight goin', Labe?" he asked, quietly. "Well well, it's kind of kind of spotty, as you might say. There's spots when I get along fairly smooth and others when well, when it's pretty rough goin'. I've had four hard spots since Al went away, but there's two that was the hardest.
If there's any more killin' and fightin' up this way I'll come in and clean you all out. Where did you say that feller was at?" Mackenzie told him again, and he rode off to take a look at Reid, and put what caution into his ear he had a mind to give. Mackenzie saw him blend into the gloom of early morning with a feeling of self-felicitation on his act of yesterday.
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