They say Dan's an
outlawed man an' that they're goin' to treat him like one."
"Damn them!" groaned Cumberland. "Don't Morris's confession make no
difference?"
"Morris was lynched before he had a chance to swear to what he said in
Dan's favour. Kilduff an' Jordan an' Rhinehart might testify that Dan
wasn't never bought over by Silent, but they know they're done for
themselves, an' they won't try to help anybody else, particular the
man that put 'em in the hands of the law. Kilduff has swore that Dan
_was_ bribed by Silent, that he went after Silent not for revenge, but
to get some more money out of him, an' that the fight in the shanty up
at Bald-eagle Creek was because Silent refused to give Dan any more
money."
"Then there ain't no hope," muttered Cumberland. "But oh, lad, it
breaks my heart to think of Kate! Dan c'n only die once, but every
minute is a death to her!"
CHAPTER XXXVII
DEATH
Before noon of the next day Buck joined the crowd which had been
growing for hours around Tully's saloon. Men gave way before him,
whispering. He was a marked man--the friend of Whistling Dan Barry.
Cowpunchers who had known him all his life now avoided his eyes, but
caught him with side glances.
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