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ARIZONA ROUNDUP 67 gun in it. I didn’t see him open the bag but I think he took a look through it. At least when I turned to get a towel he had moved fast. Only two men ever knew of that gun, me and Lance.” She sat down on the edge of a chair and buried her face in her hands; then she raised her head, and her figure rose to its full height. Once again she was Lily Owens, the firm, determined woman who played a man’s game. “Get out of here quick, Pap!” she commanded. “You know where Bailey's cabin is. They undoubtedly came back here in a hurry to get the other men, but hear that noise down the street? The miners will be after them. Get over there quick and warn him to get out. We can't see him strung up, Pap! We can't! They'll never hang my brother in this town, no matter. what he's done. I swear it!” Chapter Fourteen ROM SOMEWHERE of down south of town, in the lower end of the gulch, the big whistle at Biggers’ mine began to give off hoarse, bellowing blasts. It was the disaster signal. Every man out into the open! The moming shift came streaming out of the tunnels and stopes, some with their cap lights still burning. Somebody began to shout and the scramble tured into a stampede, Lights and caps went sailing and nearly one hundred men from the mines and smelter mill broke for a run toward town. Men working in pits saw them and followed. Still other miners ran for cabin and bunkhouse and came out armed with pistols, rifles, shotguns. Mule Gulch had gone mad. The sun had turned a red color. Some said it was because of the smoke from the mill; others said it was blood in the air. comicbooks.com