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Updated: June 11, 2025
"Jack," I said, hoarsely, "the law sends that man before a court." "Court be damned!" growled Mount, as Elerson uncoiled the pack-rope, flung one end over a maple limb above, and tied a running noose on the other end. Murphy crowded past me to seize the prisoner, but I caught him by the arm and pushed him aside. "Men!" I said, angrily; "I don't care whose command you are under.
Their horses were in his corral. As he unsaddled Gray Leg, a light flared up in the strange camp. The door opened, and a man came toward him. "Good-evening," said the writer. "I hope my horses are not in your way." "Sure not," said Lorry as he loosened a pack-rope. He took off the packs and lugged them to the veranda. The tired horses rolled, shook themselves, and meandered toward the spring.
She laughed at his remarks, although he admitted that his humor was clumsy, and did not seem to mind when the horse splashed her with mud. Carrie had pluck, but he imagined her cheerfulness was forced. By and by a knot on the pack-rope slipped and some tools and cooking pans fell with a clash. When Jim began to pick them up Carrie stopped a yard or two in front.
His open shirt disclosed the rude bandages with which he had dressed his wound. He was slow and awkward with his left-hand movements, but that did not prevent his using the arm. The bight of the pack-rope under the dead man's shoulders enabled him to heave the body out of the hole. Then he set to work gathering up his gold.
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