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Updated: June 25, 2025
The key scraped round harshly twice and, when the heavy door had been set ajar, welcome light and bright air entered. Haines stood at the doorway, looking out. Stephen haled his upended valise to the table and sat down to wait. Buck Mulligan tossed the fry on to the dish beside him. Then he carried the dish and a large teapot over to the table, set them down heavily and sighed with relief.
I paid eight pound ten for it not a month since. All the new fashion brass fittings and brass haines. You could have the crests taken out, and new ones put in, for a few shillings; only send me down the old ones." "What would I do with a gig and horse?
As Buck started for the door Haines called to him: "Hold on, Buck, if you're aboveboard you won't mind giving your word to see that no one comes up the valley and that you'll be here in the morning?" The words set a swirling blackness before Buck's eyes. He turned slowly. "That's reasonable," said Silent. "Speak up, Daniels." "All right," said Buck, his voice very low.
Haines burst into a ringing laugh. "Honest, my dear, I promised that young lady if she ever came to Rockvale she'd see all the Wild West I told her about. I gave her my word. You don't want to make me out a liar, do you?" "You can say that conditions have changed greatly in the last two years." "Oh, come, just one little hold-up the day she gets here. She'll think it's great.
"It's some worthless girl who got Whistlin' Dan into this trouble." Dan's eyes opened but there was no understanding in them. "Haines, I hate you worse'n hell!" "It's Lee Haines who done this!" cried Sam. "If it is, I'll cut out his heart!" "It can't be Haines," broke in Mrs. Daniels.
This done he was about to withdraw; but his employer stopped him at the door. "Haines," complained he, "you have not taken my order for breakfast." The man paused and seemed much abashed at his neglect. "I really beg your pardon, sir," said he. And with that he produced a pencil and a small book and stood ready. "I will have one of those trout that I purchased to-day," directed the doctor.
The sheriff headed the rush for the scene of the struggle, but Dan stopped them. "All you c'n do," he said, "is to bring me a piece of rope." Jacqueline came running with a stout piece of twine which he twisted around the wrists of Haines. Then he jerked the outlaw to his feet, and stood close, his face inhumanly pale.
The weapons of Buck and Lee Haines were ready, and now Bart raised himself a little and commenced to drag gradually forward to leaping distance. "Drop your gun, Kate," cautioned Buck. "For God's sake drop your gun. Even if you hit him with a bullet, he'll be at your throat. Unless you kill him with the first shot he'll have you. Drop your gun, and then he'll go at us."
We had a man with us whom Dan had taken while he was running from a posse, wounded, and kept him here until he was well, and " "That's Dan," murmured Lee Haines. "He's gold all through when a man's in trouble." "Shut up, Lee," cut in Buck. He sat forward in his chair, drinking up her story. "Go on."
"What type does she like?" asked Silent, enjoying the quarrel between his lieutenant and the recruit. "Likes 'em with dark hair an' eyes," said Buck calmly. "Look at me, for instance!" Even Haines smiled, though his lips were white with anger. "D'you want to stand guard over her yourself?" said the chief. "Sure," grinned Buck, "maybe she'd come out an' pass the time o' night with me."
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