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But he got a job punching cows and I got to know him pretty well used to bunk with him. He took a liking to me because I took an interest in him. "He didn't like the work, because he had been raised differently. He lived in Albany before he went West. His father, William Keegles, was in the hardware business with a man named Langford David Dowd Langford.
You'd think I was runnin' the damned railroad that I was givin' orders to the president. Lem Caldwell, of the Star, over to Keegles, was in here yesterday, threatenin' to herd ride me if I didn't have a hundred cars here this day, week. He'd been to see Gary Warden the same as you have an' he was figgerin' on playin' her independent. An' some more owners have been in.
Langford was leaning forward in his chair, a scared, wild expression in his eyes, his teeth and hands clenched in an effort to control his emotions. "It's a lie!" he shouted. "I didn't kill him! Ned Keegles " "Wait!" Dakota rose from his chair and walked to a shelf, from which he took a box, returning to Langford's side and opening it.
It isn't necessary to go into detail, but it was perfectly plain that Langford was guilty. "There were hard words, as I have said. The elder Keegles threatened to prosecute. Langford seized a sample knife that had been lying on the elder Keegle's desk, and stabbed him, killing him instantly.
He drew out a knife, shoving it before Langford's eyes and pointing out some rust spots on the blade. "This knife was given to me by Ned Keegles," he said slowly. "These rust spots on the blade are from his father's blood. Look at them!" he said sharply, for Langford had turned his head. At the command he swung around, his gaze resting on the knife. "That's a pretty story," he sneered.
"You say she married him Ned Keegles?" he said, his voice high keyed and shrill. He turned to Sheila after catching Dakota's nod. "Is this true?" he demanded sharply. "Did you marry him as this man says you did?" "Yes; I married him," returned Sheila dully, and Langford sank limply into his chair.
I am glad to see that you are familiar with the name," he added with a smile as Langford started and stiffened in his chair, his face suddenly ashen. "You knowing Keegles will save me explaining a lot," continued Dakota. "Well, Keegles went to Dakota where I was. He was eighteen and wasn't very strong, as young men go.
She interested him, and he questioned her. He discovered that she was the daughter of the man who had murdered his father the daughter of David Dowd Langford!" Langford cringed and looked at Sheila, who was looking straight at Dakota, her eyes alight with knowledge. "Ned Keegles kept his silence, as he had kept it for ten years," resumed Dakota.
They'd had hard words. Keegle's father had discovered that Langford had appropriated a large sum of the firm's money. By forging his partner's signature he had escaped detection until one day when the elder Keegles had accidentally discovered the fraud which was the day on which Ned Keegles visited his father.
And in spite of what he had done he was still determined to secure revenge. "One day Langford came to Keegles with a proposal. He had seen Keegles kill one man, and he wanted to hire him to kill another a man named Doubler. Keegles agreed, for the purpose of getting Langford into " Dakota hesitated, for Langford had risen to his feet and stood looking at him, his eyes bulging, his face livid.
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