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The gaze of the sheriff-elect followed the lank figure of the retreating man. "I've a notion to ask that man to give up a good business to wear a deputy's star for me," he told Pauline. "Oh, I wouldn't," she said quickly. "Why not? He'd be a good man for the job. I want some one game some one who will go through when he starts." His questioning eyes rested on hers.
A United States warrant was placed in the hands of Pat Garrett, then deputy United States marshal and sheriff-elect, and he took up the trail, locating the men near Fort Sumner, at the ranch of one Brazil, about nine miles east of the settlement. With the Kid were Charlie Bowdre, Tom O'Folliard, Tom Pickett and Dave Rudabaugh, fellows of like kidney.
The hundred electors assembled in the townhall, and agreed among themselves as to the sheriff-elect. Then they proceeded in perfect silence to the market-place, where a car drawn by six horses, and covered by a black cloth baldeluir, which made it look just like a hearse, awaited them.
When elected, Charley properly declined, on the ground that he could not file security bonds; but, within half an hour of the time the county clerk received the letter of declination, at least a dozen of the most solid citizens of the county waited upon the sheriff-elect and volunteered to go upon his bond, so Charley became sheriff in spite of himself. And he acquitted himself nobly.
"'Tis just the same with me," whispered pretty Michal. But Valentine went down into the courtyard to the electors, and took the eighteen boards, six of which were for a coffin for the faithful, and twelve for fagots for the faithless sheriff. Then they escorted the sheriff-elect to the townhall.
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