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Updated: May 26, 2025
He could not go on for a moment, and Kate Cumberland sat with parted lips, twisting her fingers together and then tearing them apart once more. "Well, that mile was the worst in my life. I thought maybe the man I'd sent on ahead hadn't been able to leave me a relay at McCauley's, and if he hadn't I knew I'd die somewhere in the hills beyond.
It was pretty level, and on level goin' Long Bess is almost as fast as Satan; but on rocky goin' Satan is like a goat nothin' stops him! And I was ridin' Long Bess like to bust her heart, straight towards McCauley's. We wasn't more'n a mile away when I thought the wind was behind me, you see that I heard a sort of far off whistling down the wind! My God!"
And they looked as black as dead men, and all sort of grinnin' down at me. "But when I got to McCauley's, there stood a hoss right in front of the house. It didn't take me two second to make the saddle-change. And then I was off agin!" A sigh of relief came from Byrne and Kate. "That hoss was a beauty. Not long-legged like Bess, nor half so fast, but he was jest right for the hills.
"I s'pose maybe you could name some of the outfits from here on a line with Bald Eagle say you put 'em ten miles apart?" "Nothin' easier. I could find 'em blindfold. First due out they's McCauley's. Then lay a bit west of north and you hit the Circle K Bar that's about twelve mile from McCauley's. Hit 'er up dead north again, by east, and you come eight miles to Three Roads. Go on to "
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