Gentleman Joe's Leadville Lead — page 62: what you’re looking at

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we, move on to the next ranch or until you find something more pleasing to your gaze.’’ ‘We aren’t after ary bluff, Mr. Gentry. We are just plain men, and we says plain things. We reckon that Kid- Glove Kit, the murderer of Hime Henderson, is hiding in this ere ranch, and we want to pull him out. We reckon that you're a particular friend of Mr. Kimball, and that makes us all the more sure that he is hiding here. We don’t want any trouble, and we don’t mean to have none We think you know when it’s foolish to stand out, and when it’s sensible. ’’ “If you’re looking for the murderer of Hime Hender. son, you are looking in the wrong place for him,’’ said Gen- tleman Joe. ‘“That’s your opinion—our’n is different. After we have looked here till we are satisfied, we’}1 look elsewhere, as you say. But we are not going away till we’ve seen the in- side of this ranch.”’ ‘You have seen as much of the inside as you will see to- night by consent of mine. If the proprietor is willing to admit you, I have nothing tosay. But I believe she refused you, and from what I know of her she is not the one to go back on her refusal.’’ “It will take more than a man and a woman, and both of them sports, to scare this bit of a crowd. We are just plain men, and we says what we means and does what we says. Now, Mr. Gentry, watch us come in!’’ The speaker held up one hand in a way which was evi- dently intended as a signal. At the same time he put his foot upon the threshold and stepped across it. _ Gentleman Joe drew back a single pace and stood wait- ing as if to see how far they would carry their bluff. The spokesman of the four was a big, burly fellow of medium height and weight, and when he pushed his way into the room through the door-way it was with a sort of force that it would not seem easy to resist. Gentleman Joe for an instant did not seem inclined to make any resistance. He even allowed the man to fairly enter the room, while “s <2 * . ; . 4- —_ 4 - a - P . . ‘ . ~e wd 5 dna Ca? : a ae "e- ie Je ~ on <p a Pe a aT. - - fe . 7 _ —_ . - pe a. bj : , - 7 op 4 , ai OS SR e e i nO ed We | es". + the “ us wa m. v4 : > ae _-ur : ow "4 ‘Re ba Tt n F x4. ee i, Wy : ie a7, ~ : a. ow \ ;