Ralph Compton the Ghost of Apache Creek (9781101545560)

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by Compton, Ralph; West, Joseph A.


  “I don’t care how you go about making your living, Dennard,” said Danielle, “but I saw what you were about to do.” She looked away from Dennard to Tim and Jed, getting their approval from the look in their eyes. “My brothers and I won’t be having you ride with us, will we, Tim, Jed?”

  The twins only shook their heads, lowering their pistols into their holsters. Danielle stepped past Clyde Branson’s body, over to the front edge of the roof, where she looked down at the gathering crowd on the dirt street below. “Somebody go get the town sheriff,” she called down to the uplifted faces. “Tell him there’s a man shot.”

  The people on the street looked back and forth at one another, then a young man turned and raced away toward the sheriff’s office, where a light now glowed through the window.

  “You’re making a mistake not riding with me, Duggin,” said Dennard, as Danielle turned back around. “Ask your brothers here. Branson said the price on your head is open to all takers. Do you realize how many cold-blooded killers there are between here and the border? You’ll never make it past Dodge City.”

  “I already know there’s a lot of cold-blooded killers out here,” replied Danielle. “But at least none of them will be riding beside me.” She turned to her brothers. “Come on, Tim, Jed—we’ve got to make some plans and get out of here.”

  As the three turned to walk away across the tin roof, Bob Dennard called out, “All right then, play it your way, Duggin. But I’m going after the reward on Saul Delmano and anybody with him, with or without you!”

  “It’s a free country,” Danielle called back over her shoulder.

  “Damn right it is!” Bob Dennard called out. “We get out there in the thick of things, I’m warning all three of you . . . stay out of my way!”

  At the threat in Dennard’s words, Tim Strange started to turn from the ladder and issue some warnings of his own. But Danielle grabbed his arm, stopping him.

  “Let it go, Tim,” she said. “Dennard just showed you what kind of man he is. Let him rave and threaten and curse all he wants to. We’ve got work to do.”

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