It was signed "J.S." an'
it thanked Dan for gettin' "L.H." free."
"It's a lie!" said Buck doggedly.
"Buck! Sam!" cried Mrs. Daniels, seeing the two men of her family
glaring at each other with something like hate in their eyes. "Sam,
have you forgot that this lad has eat your food in your house?"
Sam turned as crimson as he had been pale before.
"I forgot," he muttered. "I was scared an' forgot!"
"An' maybe you've forgot that I'd be swingin' on the end of a rope in
Elkhead if it wasn't for Dan Barry?" suggested Buck.
"Buck," said his father huskily, "I'm askin' your pardon. I got sort
of panicky for a minute, that's all. But what are we goin' to do with
him? If he don't get help he'll be a dead man quick. An' you can't go
to Elkhead for the doctor. They'd doctor Dan with six-guns, that's
what they'd do."
"What could of made him do it?" said Mrs. Daniels, wiping a sudden
burst of tears from her eyes.
"Oh, God," said Buck. "How'd I know why he done it? How'd I know why
he turned me loose when he should of took me to Elkhead to be lynched
by the mob there? The girl's the only thing to help him outside of a
doctor. I'm goin' to get the girl."
"Where?"
"I dunno.
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