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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

BLACK BRADY

The man who had been shoveling dirt at the edge of the cliff swung round in sudden alarm. A twig snapped and he dove for shelter. Wriggling along on his stomach, he reached the opposite side of a boulder and peered over it, six-gun gripped in his hand.

I've

"Don't move, Black Brady! got you covered!"

The man behind the boulder twisted his head. A stranger was standing just behind him.

The stranger smiled. "You almost wriggled past without me knowing it."

He laughed amiably. "Sit down Black, and let's talk."

"Go ahead and shoot, Mountie. You ain't taking me out of here alive!"

"You're crazy. I'm Lefty Dawson." The six-gun man suddenly laughed. Without a word he strode past the stranger to the edge of the precipice, The stranger, suspicious, followed, The six-gun man rifle in readiness.

and "Read that, stranger, said: then run off and let me alone.”

The stranger stared incredulously. A crude headstone was erected above a freshly turned mound of earth. The.

"Here lies the inscription read: Body of Black, Brady. He was Square Shooter and a White He wanted to be Buried where Could Look Off Over the Hills Loved. God Rest His Soul."

a Man. He He

erect.

Slowly the stranger stood The other smiled thinly. "Mounties

By Richard Hill Wilkinson

sometimes make mistakes, Slim Do- left menick. For a righthanded guy you hold a gun dang easy in your

" time. paw.

"Don't want to. This gun is to pro tect myself in case yon go off half. cocked.. Black, I've got a proposition. Been looking for you a long Want to hear it?"

:

"Yeah? Who are you?"

"Lefty Pawson.”

"The hell you are!"

ever

"No other, Black. If you've wondered what the most notorious bandit in Tuxo county looks like, take a look."

The six-gun man was unimpressed. "I've heard_some pretty bad stories about you, Dawson, -Rumors have it you killed a prospector up Farrley way in cold blood. And that you beat up Ed Lambert's wife when she refused to tell you where Ed kept his money. I had an idea them stories Started by the was exaggerated.

against: mounties to create feeling you."

"Not a bit, Black. All true and Black. more. Don't get stuck up, You're no goody boy. Six notches on your gun, ain't they?"

"Most of 'em put there in self-de- fence. Half the stories folks tell about me ain't true. Once a feller..

with

The stranger said: "Then you're not Black Brady?"

"No more than you're Lefty Dawson. Look here, I've known Black Brady a long time. He never killed no one or did anyone any harm. He got a bad name from stealing a cow once to That was the end for feed himself. him. When your pal, Mayfair, killed himself, Black was hunted down: A mountie bullet got him. He managed to get away and dragged himself into my camp, where he died. mounties thought he'd got away, 80 Mayfair's pal, resigned you, came hunting for him under the name of another supposed outlaw, which is about the worst thing could happen to Lefty Dawson. That's a dirty, mean trick, Domenick."

You

and

The stranger peered intently. "I'm Domenick, all right. Who the devil are you?”

"Me? Why, I'm Lefty Dawson!” (Copyright, 1988, By The Associated Newspapers.)

gots a had name he's washed up BRITISH COMMUNIST

honest folks.--What's your proposi- tion?"

The stranger reached inside. his

shirt and produced a knife. Yours, M.P.

ain't it?” he asked. ·

"Mebba.

Where'd you get it?”!

"Off & guy named Slim. Domenick ATTACKS PREMIER

“Off

Ex-mountie. He was a pal of Ben Mayfair, the mountle you killed

with this. I shot Silm and took the Knife. Thought you'd like."

Birmingham, September, 17.

A violent attack against the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Cham-

The eyes of the six-gun man blazed. "I never killed Mayfair.berlain, was delivered here to-day: We were camped together. He was by Mr. William Gallacher, Com- using my knife and accidentally fell munist M. P. for the Western Divi- on it. They said I dono it--”?”.

sion of West Fife, on the occasion

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"Try and make the jury believe that," the stranger's eyes grew crafty of the Fourteenth Congress of the "Look here, Black, I've got this knife, Communist Party. the only evidence against you. Slim Mr. Gallacher, in his address, was looking for you when I met him. accused the Prime Minister of He resigned his post as ranger so's he could revenge "`his pál," Slim's dead now. I need someone to help me pall a Job down in Tukol; Chip-in with me and I'll turn this knife over to yo E--which-means you can come out

hiding

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