Destined to Die
“But a series of events which had its beginning on the day of the elder Gold’s funeral had interfered with this clear-cut plan.* (*See The Undertaker 1: Black as Death.) He was still intent upon reaching a seaport from which he could board a ship to Europe, but first there was unfinished business that needed to be attended to.
He had to kill some men who were out to kill him.
Which gave him a double reason for submitting to the precocious Joanne Engel’s blackmail. Primarily, it was that he did not want to have to contend with a bunch of trigger happy hillbilly farmers tracking him when he was already the target for the professional gunslingers hired by the Channons of west Texas. But allied to this was the fact that by taking the girl to her neighbours, he would establish his presence in this Arizona-California border land. And thus give the Channons’ manhunters a fresh lead to their quarry after they had allowed his trail to go cold.
So this was why Barnaby Gold Junior rode with Joann...e Engel aboard the heavy cut-under wagon up the Colorado River trail.MoreLess
He had to kill some men who were out to kill him.
Which gave him a double reason for submitting to the precocious Joanne Engel’s blackmail. Primarily, it was that he did not want to have to contend with a bunch of trigger happy hillbilly farmers tracking him when he was already the target for the professional gunslingers hired by the Channons of west Texas. But allied to this was the fact that by taking the girl to her neighbours, he would establish his presence in this Arizona-California border land. And thus give the Channons’ manhunters a fresh lead to their quarry after they had allowed his trail to go cold.
So this was why Barnaby Gold Junior rode with Joann...e Engel aboard the heavy cut-under wagon up the Colorado River trail.MoreLess
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