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Updated: June 7, 2025
"When Dave winds up, he goes along the line of them tremblin' towerists, an' they contreebutes 'leven dollars. "'They aims to go stampedin' off with them nocturnes, an' 'peggios, an' arias, an' never say nothin', says Dave; 'but they can't work no twist like that, an' me a-ridin' herd; none whatever.
"We'll pay 'em for startin' that fire," went on Baldy. "Yes, and for stampedin' those cattle, too," added Buster Jones. "Do you think they did that?" Mr. Pertell asked, quickly. "I wouldn't be a bit surprised," declared Buster. "If they was mean enough to start a fire to spoil the picture they wouldn't stop at a little thing like stampedin' a bunch of cattle. I'm sure they done it."
It's a mighty sight better than havin' 'em go p'intin' off alone that a-way. They would shore miss the way if they does; an' the first we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be runnin' cimmaron in the hills, scarin' up things a lot, an' a- stampedin' the cattle plumb off the range. It's easier to go along careful with 'em an' bring'em back.
"Snake, I'll bet you my hoss an' my gun ag'in' a biscuit thet in aboot six seconds more or less I'll be stampedin like them hosses." Anson's lean jaw dropped. The other two outlaws stared with round eyes. Wilson was not drunk, they evidently knew; but what he really was appeared a mystery. "Jim Wilson, are you showin' yellow?" queried Anson, hoarsely. "Mebbe. The Lord only knows.
"'Crash! it goes onto the floor. "With the sound, an' the onexpected suddenness of it stampedin' his nerves, that a-way, Silver Phil leaps into the air like a cat; an' when he 'lights, he's frontin' Black Jack an' a gun in each hand. "'Which I won't be took! says Silver Phil, all flustered. "His eyes is gleamin' an' his face is palin' an' his ugly grin gets even uglier than before.
The nigh leader is a steady practical person as a lead mule oughter be, an' I notes by his ca'm jedgmatical eye that he's goin' to give himse'f the benefit of every doubt, an' ain't out to go stampedin' off none without knowin' the reason why.
Good folks though, I sees that; an' as a passel of 'em near the door looks shocked at the sight of me, I'm too bashful to break out ag'in, but sorter aiges into the nearest seat an' stands pat. "'I can tell the outfit figgers on me raisin' the long yell an' stampedin' round to make trouble; so I thinks to myse'f I'll fool 'em up a lot. I jest won't say a word.
"Well, Fade's played his stack, and lost. Jack was sure in the game, but how far I dunno. Reckon that's got anything to do with stampedin' your sheep?" asked Wingle, turning to Loring. Loring's deep-set eyes flashed. "Fernando reported that a Concho rider done the job. He didn't say who done it." "Didn't, eh? And did Fernando say anything about doin' a job himself?" asked Shoop.
"That's how the deal stands, when one day up jumps this Tucson Jennie, puts on her sunbunnit, an' goes stampedin' down to the U. K. House, an' allows to Missis Rucker that she's done lived with Dave all she aims to, an' has shore pulled her picket pin for good.
The Colonel glanced at her now and then. Is she thinking about that four-year-old? Is Maudie stampedin' through the snow so that other little woman need never dance at the Alcazar? No, the Colonel knew well enough that Maudie rather liked this stampedin' business. She had passed one of those men who had got the long start of her. He carried a pack.
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