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Updated: June 21, 2025
Grinning coldly, Nyland moved to the corner of the house nearest the kitchen door. The man stepped out of the door, and at the instant Nyland saw him he was looking toward the rear of the house. Nyland laughed aloud, derisively. He did not want to shoot the man in the back. At Nyland's laugh the man wheeled, snapping a shot from his hip.
He could hear the heave and sob of the horse's breath as it ran, and in another instant the animal came to a sliding halt near the edge of the porch, the rider threw himself out of the saddle and ran forward. At the first step taken by the man after he reached the porch edge, he was halted by Nyland's sharp: "Hands up!"
And in his soul was a rage that had not been sated by the death of the banker who, a few minutes before Nyland's arrival, had been so smugly reviewing the pleasurable incidents of his life. Barney Owen was tying the knot of the rope more securely when he heard the bolt on the pantry door shoot back.
I really thought you was gone into a convent, it's so extreme long since I've seen you. But of all things in the world, why was you not at Lady Nyland's last assembly? I thought of asking Mrs Harrel fifty times why you did not come, but it always went out of my head. You've no notion how excessively I was disappointed." "O Lord no! I was never so happy in my life.
He thought of riding to Nyland's ranch, but he gave up that idea when he reasoned that perhaps Colton had failed, and in that case Nyland wouldn't be the most gentle person in the world to face on his own property. If Colton had succeeded he would find him, in Okar. So he mounted his horse and rode to Okar. The town seemed to be deserted when he dismounted in front of the City Hotel.
There's just one thing that's been botherin' me since you come. Did you think somethin' was wrong in the house when you was tyin' your cayuse over there at the corral fence?" At Nyland's nod he continued: "I knowed it. It was the water, wasn't it in the trough? I'm sure a damned fool for not thinkin' of that! So that was it? Well, you've got an eye in your head I'll tell you that.
"Besides, there ain't no use in goin' after Nyland's place unless we can get the Double A." "Then there wasn't any use of going after it yesterday, or today, as you did," said the other. "Unless," he added, looking intently at Dale, "the sister has been on your mind some." Dale reddened. "I don't mind admittin' she is," he grinned. "Look out, Dale," warned the other; "there's danger there.
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