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In that case he depended upon Deveny to assist him if Morgan followed; and Harlan was determined to see the incident through. He sent Purgatory ahead at a good pace, but he noted soon that Morgan was increasing the distance between them. He began to urge Purgatory forward, and gradually the distance between the two riders grew shorter.
He grinned down into Barbara's face, his own alight with a triumph that made a shiver run over her. Later only a few minutes, it seemed she heard a man call to Deveny again, telling him that a lone rider was "fannin' it" up the valley. "Looks like that guy, Linton," said the man. "Two of you drop back and lay for him!" ordered Deveny. "Make it sure!" he added, after a short pause.
"I wanted to know how he knowed there was more of it, an' he said he'd been keepin' an eye on me, an' knowed there was a heap more of it somewhere around. "I fired him on the spot. There'd have been gunplay, but I got the drop on him an' he had to slope. Well, the next mornin' Luke Deveny rode up to where I was saddlin', an' told me I'd have to take Lawson back.
She saw Deveny standing near him, and the man Laskar behind Deveny and Sheriff Gage and several other men. And she saw Rogers and Lawson as they walked slowly toward him. And then a realization of her loss, of the tragedy that had descended upon her, again assailed her; and a fury of intolerance against inaction seized her.
This man who had boldly entered the outlaw camp, after first defying Deveny in Lamo, had made a stirring appeal to the good in Rogers; and he foresaw that trouble, in which Harlan had a chance to emerge victorious, was certain. And he had decided to align himself with the Pardo gunman.
Several miles he had traveled, keeping the horsemen in sight, and he was beginning to believe that he would succeed where others had failed, when, passing through a clump of timber he detected movement in some brush at a little distance back. Divining that Deveny had seen him and had sent a man into the timber to ambush him, Linton threw himself flat on the horse's mane.
"There is no evidence that father made you promise to go to the Rancho Seco." "There wasn't no evidence that I made any promise to keep that man Deveny from herd-ridin' you," he said shortly, with a grin. "I'm sure goin' to the Rancho Seco." "Suppose I should not wish it what then?" "I'd keep right on headin' for there keepin' my promise."
But all intently watched as Laskar showed by his actions that he intended to accept his chance. Deveny, too, watched intently. He kept his gaze fixed upon Harlan, not even glancing toward Laskar.
It did not surprise Deveny when a Star man rode into the Cache one day and told him that Harlan had killed Latimer in a gunfight, and that Harlan was slowly but surely gaining a following among the men.
He had seen in Deveny's eyes there in Lamo a flame when Deveny looked at Barbara that told him more about the man's passions than Deveny himself suspected.
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