Oliver Strange - Sudden Westerns 07 - Sudden Rides Again(1938)
“The bodies had gone, but not far, as two newly made mounds of stones testified. The ashes of the fire had been covered with sand.
“Someone has tidied up,” was Sudden’s comment. “How far to Hell City from here?”
”
‘Bout eight mile, straight along the canyon,” Frosty told him. “Thinkin’ o’ payin’ a visit?”
“Not till I get an invite,” was the smiling reply, and the other grinned too, never dreaming that the remark was meant.
Since their task was oste...nsibly the driving of strays from the stretches of scrub which clothed the foothills, they decided to separate. Two quick shots would be the signal for rejoining with the utmost speed. Frosty having departed eastwards, Sudden turned his horse’s head in the opposite direction. For a mile or so, he threaded a way through clumps of thorny brush, forcing the few cattle he unearthed out on to the plain, and then turned abruptly to the north.MoreLess
“Someone has tidied up,” was Sudden’s comment. “How far to Hell City from here?”
”
‘Bout eight mile, straight along the canyon,” Frosty told him. “Thinkin’ o’ payin’ a visit?”
“Not till I get an invite,” was the smiling reply, and the other grinned too, never dreaming that the remark was meant.
Since their task was oste...nsibly the driving of strays from the stretches of scrub which clothed the foothills, they decided to separate. Two quick shots would be the signal for rejoining with the utmost speed. Frosty having departed eastwards, Sudden turned his horse’s head in the opposite direction. For a mile or so, he threaded a way through clumps of thorny brush, forcing the few cattle he unearthed out on to the plain, and then turned abruptly to the north.MoreLess
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