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THE DAILY SHORT STORY
CHUCKAWALLA PETE
WILL HARPER, whom I was visiting
"The sheriff; a new one, and his posse
at his desert ranch near Redstone, chased Pete and his gang to the nar- pointed proudly at the pretentious row pass that led to the hideout. There Over the officers were met by a fusillade of looking white stucco building..
the doorway was a sign reading: Brain- bullets and took shelter. ard Free School for Boys and Girls, "The sheriff a gent nafne Tabor, sent Easily the building was the grandest out men to reconnaitre and it wasn't thing of its kind for miles around.
long before the law discovered it was
"That's it," Will said. "That's the going to be no easy task to route ont school that Chuckawalla Pete Brainard the outlaws. The sheriff, however, was As you a determined man. He decided to lay donated to Redstone county. know, the institution is heavily endow- siege. He sent men back for supplies, ed. You'll not find a finer teaching made camp, and settled down to a long staff anywhere in the West, nor better wait. equipment. We're mighty proud of "Inside the valley Chuckawalla and his men did likewise. They had sup-
that school."
I had been doing some historical re- plies enough to last them two months, search in connection with the earlier and they figured that by then the development of the southwest and the sheriff's posse would have decided they name Chuckawalla Pete seemed a fami- couldn't afford to stay away from their
jobs any longer, liar note.
Pelo
"
Both
"A week, two, three passed. "Wasn't there a Chuckawalla who was a desperado in this earlier sides were getting uneasy. There had bean skirmishes, but no serious damage realised his days?" I asked.
was done. Chuckawalla "The same," Will admitted. He men couldn't stand the inertia much grinned, rolled himself a cigarette and. longer. They were called for a show- we squatted in the shade of a joshua down. Instead of giving in, however, tree. "I'll tell you about him. Chuc- Chuckawalla handed them shovels and kawalla Pete was a victim of circum- set them to work digging around likely stances. His father was one of the looking places in the valloy. most ruthless outlaws the West had ever known. The old man was caught
"Three days later Chuckawalla and
-and-hung when Pete was in his early one of his henchmen
struck colour.
By Vic Yardman
teens. The boy's mother had died in Even with their inexperienced eyes they realised that the deposit was rich be- childbirth.
yond their wildest dreams. Now, here What good could that "Naturally folks rather expected was a situation. Fete to follow in his father's footsteps. gold possibly do them under the cir- The local sheriff promised him the same cumstances? treatment his father had received at
"Chuckawalla got to thinking. The the first suspicious move. Pete didn't want to be a desperado. He next day he sent a man out under a wanted to be a law-abiding ranch own flag of truce to talk with Sheriff Tabor. er, and he felt if it hadn't been for his old man he could have done just that,
But young
"Pete, he knew, was against him. He knew he'd never have a chance to live an honest man's life in Redstone unless
The man said that Chuckawalla would agree to give back the $10,000 they'd taken from the bank If the sheriff would agree to let them go free.
“Tabory jumped at the chance. His
a miracle happened, so he lit out. passè wan rebellious. In another cou- Trailed up north and settled in Raw ple of days they would have quit. He son, fifty miles away. Fifty miles was put the matter lip to the bank officials, a long ways thon. Pete didn't think who agreed, wholeheartedly to the deal.
"So the his past would catch up with him: Bit
kawalla it did. A Redstone citizen drifted into: Rawson one day, saw Pete and warned hills, ga the citizens. From that point on Pete free me
He was watched like a walla, havisi lost caste. hawk.
called off. Chuc. he rode out of the cash and became eeks later Chucka- fahia claim, brought in an engineer Teresenting a large
"So Pete got sore, All right, if syndicate. The engineer made his re- that's the way they felt about him, he'd port and the syndicate offered Chucka- give them something to worry about, walls $200,000 for the gold mine. So he went back to Redstone, which
:
town he actually loved, and formed a "Pete and his gang sold out and split
the proceeds.
pretty sore, but there gang of desperadoes, He was the boss Redstone w At first the citizens of and he didn't allow the gang to pull was nothing they could do, and when a any jobs until all the details were fron- mail
suddenly becomes, rich, honestly, ed out.
overnight, falk's opinion af him change "The chief detail was arranging for mighty quick: "Chuckawalla'n gang left Pete searched the hills for parts unknown. Chuckawalls; now Red- a getaway, and found a rendezvous, where he and B respected citizati, remained in his men could hide. The place was stone, and、 went into the cattle busi- practically impregnable. A handful of ness. In as many years he had trebled men could stand off the United States his small fortune. Just before he died he had this school büllt and gave it to army.
-the tebanmay dedicating sit to boys and we had to start out "Pete brought in supplies and am- girls who might l
diap-and to whom munition and stored them in the valley, in life with hà
likely to happen.". Then he made a speech to his men. The miracles next day they held up the Redstone -
(Copyright, 1939, By The Associated bank and got away with $10,000, caph money.-