Oliver Strange - Sudden Westerns 05 - Law O' the Lariat(1935)
“A FRIEND.”
Severn had found it thrust under the door of his shack on the morning of the second day after Phil’s visit to Desert Edge. Sardonically he wondered as to the identity of the unknown “friend”. Was it an attempt to delay the delivery of the herd, on to force him to choose another route? Thrusting the warning into his pocket, he went to the bunkhouse in search of Darby “Is Skull Canyon on the trail to the XT?” he asked, watching the man closely.
“Shor...e—’bout halfway,” was the reply. “The trail to Ridge’: takes a turn there, an’ cuts into the rough country around the lower slopes o’ the Pinnacles. She’s good enough goin’ alla-same.”
“Tell the boys we’ll make the drive to-morrow ‘stead o’ today,” Severn said.
“One day’s good as another, I guess,” the man replied, anc his expression told the foreman nothing.
Severn nodded, got his horse, and followed by Quirt, rod( away on the northern trail; he meant to have a look at the ground himself.MoreLess
Severn had found it thrust under the door of his shack on the morning of the second day after Phil’s visit to Desert Edge. Sardonically he wondered as to the identity of the unknown “friend”. Was it an attempt to delay the delivery of the herd, on to force him to choose another route? Thrusting the warning into his pocket, he went to the bunkhouse in search of Darby “Is Skull Canyon on the trail to the XT?” he asked, watching the man closely.
“Shor...e—’bout halfway,” was the reply. “The trail to Ridge’: takes a turn there, an’ cuts into the rough country around the lower slopes o’ the Pinnacles. She’s good enough goin’ alla-same.”
“Tell the boys we’ll make the drive to-morrow ‘stead o’ today,” Severn said.
“One day’s good as another, I guess,” the man replied, anc his expression told the foreman nothing.
Severn nodded, got his horse, and followed by Quirt, rod( away on the northern trail; he meant to have a look at the ground himself.MoreLess
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