I'm Off to Montana for to Throw the Hoolihan (Code of the West)
““No one’s been able to catch them?”
“Lots have tried. They either come back empty—or dead.”
“How long have they been gettin’ away with this?”
“They moved into this country with the railroad. They followed the lines—stealin’, cheatin’, bushwhackin’ workers out of their pay. When the line was completed, they settled in the hills down on the Crow Reserve and come raidin’ up here whenever they get short on supplies. Some say them Crows is in cahoots with ’em. Somethin’s got to be done. ...They got $4,000 off the Northern Pacific last month. We figured we wouldn’t see ’em ’til spring.”
“You were wrong.”
“Dead wrong.” Starke paused by the body of his partner on the front steps and then turned back to Tap. “Mister, you ain’t interested in buyin’ this place, are you? I’ll give you a real bargain.”
“Nope.”MoreLess
“Lots have tried. They either come back empty—or dead.”
“How long have they been gettin’ away with this?”
“They moved into this country with the railroad. They followed the lines—stealin’, cheatin’, bushwhackin’ workers out of their pay. When the line was completed, they settled in the hills down on the Crow Reserve and come raidin’ up here whenever they get short on supplies. Some say them Crows is in cahoots with ’em. Somethin’s got to be done. ...They got $4,000 off the Northern Pacific last month. We figured we wouldn’t see ’em ’til spring.”
“You were wrong.”
“Dead wrong.” Starke paused by the body of his partner on the front steps and then turned back to Tap. “Mister, you ain’t interested in buyin’ this place, are you? I’ll give you a real bargain.”
“Nope.”MoreLess
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