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“Skeeter Bill” Sarg stopped at the door of his tar-paper and lath shack and looked back at the street. Skeeter was cranelike in his proportions, his long legs were slightly bowed and his skinny hands hung well below his thighs. He was one of those solemn-looking individuals wh...
“Skeeter Bill” Sarg stopped at the door of his tar-paper and lath shack and looked back at the street. Skeeter was cranelike in his proportions, his long legs were slightly bowe...
2. Part 2“Lemme tell yuh somethin’, old-timer; you ain’t never been in Sunbeam. You’ve done all yore sky-pilotin’ in a place where a policeman would arrest yuh if yuh yelped after nine o...
3. Part 3Skeeter Bill slept little that night. One of the outlaw’s saddlehorses drifted into the camp and Skeeter Bill caught it. The horse had belonged to Mears. Somehow, Skeeter Bill w...
4. Part 4“I knew Williams,” he said softly. “Tug Leeds’ soul, if he has a soul, should shrivel and die with last night’s work. Williams was a good man. By gad, Skeeter Bill, this outlawr...
5. Part 5“Nor live,” nodded the judge, “I am still of the opinion that our skin is worth more to us than to posterity. Tonight, when the mantle of darkness covers the hills, we really mu...
6. Part 6“I ain’t got a ---- bit of use for her, Sarg. I can get all the girls I want--plenty of ’em. You’ve crossed me and I’m doin’ this to make you pay, do yuh understand? When I get...