"
She smiled in derision.
"If Dan did that he'd be outlawed."
"You won't stir?"
"Not a step!"
"Well, kid, for everything that happens to Lee somethin' worse will
happen to someone in the next room. Maybe you'd like to see him?"
He opened the door and she stepped into the entrance. Almost opposite
her sat old Joe Cumberland with his hands tied securely behind his
back. At sight of her he rose with a low cry. She turned on big Silent
and whipped the six-gun from his hip. He barely managed to grasp her
wrist and swing the heavy revolver out of line with his body.
"You little fiend," he snarled, "drop the gun, or I'll wring your
neck."
"I don't fear you," she said, never wincing under the crushing grip on
her wrists, "you murderer!"
He said, calmly repossessing himself of his gun, "Now take a long look
at your father an' repeat all the things you was just saying' to me."
She stared miserably at her father. When Silent caught Kate's hand
Cumberland had started forward, but Kilduff and Rhinehart held him.
"What is it, Kate," he cried. "What does it mean?"
She explained it briefly: "This is Jim Silent!"
He remained staring at her with open mouth as if his brain refused to
admit what his ear heard.
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