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Lawler was not a lady before she married; but nothing can be said against her since. 'Oh! can't there, indeed? You never heard the story about her and her steward? Ask Barnes. 'Oh! don't miss; you shouldn't really! said the maid. 'What will Miss Alice think? 'Never mind what she thinks; you tell her about the steward and all the officers from Gort. And then Mrs.
But just before the two entered, Singleton caught sight of the woman's face as she turned toward him for an instant and the dull light shone upon her. He watched until Lawler came out again and rode away; and from behind another building on the other side of the street he saw Lawler going directly south, which direction would take him to Number One Circle L line camp.
The movement brought him against the muzzle of Lawler's horse. He halted jerkily, retreated a step, and looked up, to see Lawler looking at him from behind the muzzle of the big pistol that had leaped into his hand. There was no word spoken none could be heard at the moment. What followed was grim pantomime, with tragedy lurking near. The tall man held his position.
He heard them approach the door and he leaped, swaying a little, toward the corner of the cabin nearest him. He had reached it, had just dodged behind it, when Selden and Krell rushed out. At the same instant Shorty thundered up, slipped out of the saddle and ran toward Lawler, drawing his guns.
The running horse and the crouching rider were still a mile from Lawler; but even at that distance Lawler recognized Shorty, and he urged Red King on to meet him, suspecting that nothing but a stern emergency would make the man race his horse at that speed. Lawler glanced back as he rode. He had come several miles, and the rolling character of the plains behind him had blotted Willets out.
There were many men on the street; for word had been brought in regarding the big fight between the Circle L outfit and the rustlers and a doctor had gone, summoned to the Hamlin cabin by a wild rider on a jaded horse and Willets' citizens were eagerly curious. And when they saw Lawler coming, swaying in the saddle as he rode, they began to run toward him.
What are you aimin' to do about it?" Lawler did not move. He might have killed Antrim, for the man's weapon was in the holster at his hip Lawler could see the stock sticking above the leather. He had expected Antrim would be in the cabin when he opened the door; he anticipated that the outlaw would shoot on sight, and he had been prepared to do the same.
The latter approached him warily, seeming doubtful of what might be in store for him from a man, who though governor thus carried the body of a man on his shoulder. But he listened respectfully when he observed the clear sanity of Lawler's eyes. "This man is leaving Willets immediately!" said Lawler. "He's going East, to the end of this line at my expense.
Warden remembered the words they had flamed in his consciousness since. "But get this straight," Lawler had said. "You've got to fight me! Understand? You'll drag no woman into it. You went to Hamlin's ranch the other day. God's grace and a woman's mercy permitted you to get away, alive.
A good many cattle owners will be glad to take twenty, and even fifteen, before long." "But if there are no cars?" smiled Lawler. Again he saw Warden's face redden. "A shortage of cars would mean a shortage of cattle in the East, I reckon," went on Lawler. "And a shortage of cattle would mean higher prices for those that got through.
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