CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. [Jack Robinson]
II. [Exit Matt Brady]
III. [Robinson’s Partner]
IV. [Buck Lays Plans]
V. [Buck’s Lucky Day]
VI. [Proof]
VII. [Masks Off]
VIII. [Exit Mr. P. Brady]
IX. [Fisher Rides North]
X. [The Last Stake]
XI. [The Trap Is Sprung]
XII. [The Clean-Up]
XIII. [Finis]
THE SHERIFF OF PECOS
CHAPTER I
JACK ROBINSON
Besides “Galway” Mike, who was reading the Pahrump County News behind the bar, there were three men in Mike’s Place. One of the three was a stranger. He sat drowsily at the corner table, hat pulled over his eyes, whisky untasted. The other two stood at the bar.
The tall, dangerous man who had a rattler skin about his white Stetson was speaking:
“It’s like this, Murphy. Right after the old man died, young Shumway went to the pen. He was caught dead to rights with a runnin’ iron, y’ understand——”
“So I heard.” The large, red-faced man chuckled. “So I heard, Buck.”