The stranger appeared to grow a little
down.html">down.html">down here in this big.html">Big Bend country, I don't mind sayin' yes--I
"You're from way down the river. Thet's what they say down
leaving Knell and the stranger in the center.
Wild breed of that ilk never made a mistake in judging a man's
ready. The stranger suddenly lost his every semblance to the
bronze. That situation seemed familiar to him. His eyes held a
you called me. I'm lookin' to make friends, not enemies. You
somebody. But if you are--go ahead an' open the ball.... You
theirs."
Knell coolly eyed his antagonist, his strange face not changing
was metal which rang differently from what he had expected.
himself big in the manner characteristic of only the genuine
ordered liquor.
The tension relaxed, the silence broke, the men filled up the
to the stranger, and now both respect and friendliness tempered
said.
"Dodge's as good as any.... Gents, line up again--an' if you
Paso he bought the finest horse he could find, and, armed and
trails. Leisurely he rode from town.html">town to town, village to
the impression he wanted to make upon different people whom he
buyer, a boomer, a land-hunter; and long before he reached the
drifting into new territory. He passed on leisurely because he
villages and ranches, the work, habit, gossip, pleasures, and
subject most impelling to him--outlaws--he never mentioned; but
story, he acquired a knowledge calculated to aid his.
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