Gunsmoke Justice
““Nobody’s come,” he said. And lay down to catch a nap while Brad built a cautious fire and fixed breakfast.
They were at work early. During the night Brad had crystallized a plan in his mind. He had come here partly to take up this land and partly to draw Quarles’ force from the Split S. But Quarles seemed a hard man to drew out, if his silence of the night before was any indication. Brad saw that he would have to hit Quarles harder than he had been hit before, and around this he shaped his pla...n.
From the supplies they had brought in the wagon, Brad now got the blasting powder and fuse. He set two small charges — one in the cut where the meadow drained out, and one at the lower end where the trail came in. Leaving the powder with waiting fuses, he and Olaf set to work cutting a new ditch.
Brad wiped the sweat off his face after grueling hours of pushing a shovel into the mucky sod and lifting up the dirt. “We don’t have to go deep,” he pointed out to Olaf. “If we can trap the water in here by plugging the two outlets, the natural slope will help us.”MoreLess
They were at work early. During the night Brad had crystallized a plan in his mind. He had come here partly to take up this land and partly to draw Quarles’ force from the Split S. But Quarles seemed a hard man to drew out, if his silence of the night before was any indication. Brad saw that he would have to hit Quarles harder than he had been hit before, and around this he shaped his pla...n.
From the supplies they had brought in the wagon, Brad now got the blasting powder and fuse. He set two small charges — one in the cut where the meadow drained out, and one at the lower end where the trail came in. Leaving the powder with waiting fuses, he and Olaf set to work cutting a new ditch.
Brad wiped the sweat off his face after grueling hours of pushing a shovel into the mucky sod and lifting up the dirt. “We don’t have to go deep,” he pointed out to Olaf. “If we can trap the water in here by plugging the two outlets, the natural slope will help us.”MoreLess
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