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THE

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY,

MAY

26, 1988

THE BAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE

ADAPTED FROM THE

METRO GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURE

Joffrey Burton, the Carnarsis Kid, on route to California, ia held up in Aritons and relieved of a gold watch. Arrived in Brimstone, he falls in love with Lorelta Douglas. Te joina in a poker game in the Longhorn Baloon with Trigger Bill" soho, with his gang, rules Drimstone Dil is wearing the Kid's sontoh, and the boy demands to return. Dil throws it on the table and, with puns pointed, challenges the Kid to ptok it up. The Kids does so and walks out unmolested. Bill had recognized the portrait of the boy's mother in the watch ne that of the wife he had do- aorted.

With his badge, two gune and the llet of delinquents, the Kd set out first for Trigger Bill's ranch, for the bangit owed more in taxes than anyone else on the list

money.

tax list.

LEBBEUS MITCHELL

all you collect and a tree buryinting but apparently uninjured, away; swung a long right to Bill's nose that sent him staggering into the from the raucht. on Boot Hill."*

With Trigger Bill's presenco and patio. Bill camo back, fingering his insistence, the delinquents paid up guns, and the Kid let ity with rigiste one by one, with much grumbling and left until Bil, both eyes black- and an occasional attempt at gun-oned, struggled to a aitting posture. play, which Bill managed to fore- Still in that position, he watched Ho walked into Trigger Bill's vinil. Night overtook them before the Kid Hde away.

Buzz McCready was in Sherl ing room where the bandit was our they reached the ranch of Arthur, rounded by his henchmen. On the called "Saddlenone," Sawtello, the Barney's office when the lid ra table before them were sacks of most violently opposed of all the turned there and plumped down all men in the community against pay the back taxes, less his commio- I got a claim on you, Trigger ing taxes. The two men camped faston, which he had carefully count- BI," eald the kid, extending the the open, se Trigger Bill still in od out in advance. The Bherin oisted upon accompanying the Kid, gulped, wido-eyed, and Buzz, the "No, you hasn't!" cried Trigger ferpite the latter's attempts to send half-wit, asked in calf-like wonder:

"Where's my brother, Vulch?" Bili, jumping up anxiously, him away.

"There ain't no law against a

"Vulch? I gume that must be the nover had nothin' to do with you.

Anyways, don't you any noth-man's ridin' where he wants to," ing This horo certificate ain't said Bill obstinately, "daten, I'm Buy I ran into in the canyon. He's worth the paper it's wrote on. Any-sorry about that watch." The Kid att there where he fell. He shut way, how'te you goin' to prove what said nothing. Fine-lookin' woman Brat

On the day of Vutols MeCrocody's your mother. Where's the at It accuson no of

"I'm here to collect $780 of back now!" The Kid suddenly stiffened funeral on Boot Hill, his brother taxes you owe the community of up straight, but did not reply. "You Blackjack, absent from the vicinity tho Kid,you, mean she's....in Heaven?" for many years, appeared demand- cxplained

Rald Bill, clumsily. gesturing up ing the name of Vulch's murderer. Burs named the now tax collector. The Kid's next encounter with Brimstone," Trigger Bihla unrecognitod ehowing his badge,

"Taxes" cried Triggor Hill, and ward.

"Eleven years now, and I'm glad and only Trigger Bill's solemn father--was even more ignominous than the first, though he did not there was relief in his voice, "Vulch

the community, prevented Black- even 100 Bill, Ho had fallen into McCready, put up your guat Any for her after what she got in this promise to scatter the Kid all over "Where's your father?" asked Black from gunning at once for the

Kia the habit of mooting Loralta Doug-shootin' has to be done around here, life." lan on sho left the school house docs. Now all of you clear out of

Trigger Bill appeared at Lewyor Where she taught, on the protaxt here. I'll reason with this here gatimidly. "What would you do if you

was to run into him, sometime?" that he needed the workout to keep loot."

Copyright 1937 by Leewha fak

Chapter Two

O for the boxing match 10ight-Bail was supposed to be arranging for him. On the occasion Loralta drove one of her pupils, Sammy Grant, to his home, while the kid trotted along the road, shadow-boxing. Ap- proaching the Grant home, Sammy saw strange man driving away his father's cattle, and thought be father had hired nome new ranch hands,

Loretta asked the Kid to go in The Kid and meet the Grants. wanted to wash up frat at the well. Iretta and Sammy went into the house and found Mrs. Orant plny ing the harmonium while her huD- Dan was bound to a chair. Trigger H:1, Fun In band, was listening to the mimic. He ordered Loretta

nad Sammy to sit down.

"I know what you're doin', Trig ger. Hit," and Mr. Grant, "uttin there laughin' at us while your sang's there, whoopin' off my cattin."

"You didn't ought to break in an macred music," nald Trigger Bill re- proachfully

Sammy ran to the open window and shouted ohelly for the Kid.

"What's he doin' here?" demand- ed Ell. I've tank all I'm n-goin' to from himi Koop right on a-play- in'. Mr. Grant," he ordered as she crunch of approaching feet wha heard. Portugee Ben entered, and Bill lowered his weapons.

"You didn't see nothin' of that tonderfoot galoot?" nekod Bill.

Ben winkod. "I took care of him, Becl. Wo go now."

When they had gone, Loretta ran out of the house, calling the Kid's She found him namn foarfully. trussed up like a chicken in the

W

When the Kid and the bandit wore alone, the latter continued You been threateningly: "Listen! brunhin' your spurs too close to my boots over alnico you come bore! Less you want to go out of here

cel frat, start walkin' now"

"I ain't waitin' no place without them taxes."

"You mean you're aimin' to phoot

nown."

"Td knock him for a cooler!" cried the Kid vehemently.

That ain't the way to talk!" ob- Jeeted Bill, shocked and stung. "What'd he ever do to you?"

"Just run out nad loft my mother to kill herself tryin' to bring me up decent."

Bill was stunned into silence at his son's venom.

At Saddlenose Sawtelle's the next morning, Trigger B, pleaded to alons and persundo Saddlenose to

pay up. "I guess mebbe your idena

Loretta got The Kid untied, and explained how Trigger Bill's men had driven off Mr. Grant's cattle.

Douglas's that night with a pecul- lar requent: he wanted to leave $3,000 to himself in his will so he could get a college education. The lawyer, thinking himself more fud- died with drink than ever, could not make head or tails of the re- queat, and finally 2 was driven to explain: "This money ain't really for me. It's for Jeff Burton, Mayba you could make out his father left it to him. Hero's the money, and a bag for you."

"But that's not ethical. That

would be forgery: Drawing up a In plumb right, Jeff. The West has apurious will making him benefi got to learn the rules. The law's clary of $3,000 gupposedly lett by a the thing. Desperadoca 11e me has father deceased which you beatow got to go."

"And I'm sure one that's plan- ning to eco that they do when Mr. Douglas gita through teaching me the law. If I had a college educa-

"You think I'm a big man?" "You?" cried the Kid scornfully, "why, you ain't even got any civiction like him, I' pride! Thin here place needs a new school and a fail."

"Why ain't you gettin' one of thom college educationa?"

"They cost more'n a deputy tax collector can buy.

and confor. No, I couldn't do it."

"Look here now, Lawyer, I'm onkin' you soolabio to do this for me. It wouldn't be forgery exactly. Course I can't take a afry david ss I'm dead and burled, but I am for a fact Jeff Burton's natural, legitimato father." Trigger Bi jumped to his feet. "And, Lawyer, if you ever tells this to 4, livia' soul, you and your daughter won't rockornize each other's corpsen!"

ranch bunk-house with Grant's handa. Bho get him and the cow hands untled after much effort, exit out with me?" plaining how Trigger Bille men "If I have to, Bill. Ive been had driven off Mr. Grant's cattle.

During a conference with Loretearin' a lot of things about you, be allowed to go into the house in's father the next day, in whichut your bela' a cheap-nkate 19 the lawyer told the Kid that neither

"It ain't the money! It's the prin- flate nor guns, but only the law, could bring order and justice to ciple of the thing"

"You're supposed to be a big man Brimstone, the Kid anked Mr. Douglas to teach him the elements out here, Bl. All the suckers look of the legal profession. The Kid up to you, and if you pay-" nsked if ho might move into the Douglas household, paying twenty dollars a month for his keep. There was no objection to that, but it the Kid to necessary for

Trigger Bill was stung and for a earn that much money, and the only immediate prospect was for moment it looked as though he

As he waited outside Sawtelle's him to collect the taxes due the would start shooting. Instead, he community. Both Loretta and her began tramping up and down the house, the Kid heard him bellow room. Ho whirled suddenly with a ing at Trigger Bill's first mention father sought to dinsuade him when to announced he was going to shout. "All right, then! You go git of taxes, threatening to shoot at Sheriff Barney at once and ask to us a now school! Put a lock on the once If he didn't get out. Then he

fail, too. Here, reckon this will heard Bill's voico, olly, persuasive, a for Jen to be out of town early be appointed tax collector. Mr. Douglas told him that Trigger Bill cover it." Ho pushed acrom the if in a dream:

"Now, Saddlenose, docs such a and his gang and many others re- table sovoral bags of money, after: fused to pay taxes, and that several carefully aturing the biggest one trifin difference of opinion call for a moss of slaughterallon? Throw collectors had met with violent into his own pocket.

Having capitulated, Trigger Bill them guns down, and let's me and insisted on going with the Kid to you settle this paltry how-d-doliko The Kid www not to be dissuaded. collect the taxes from other delin- old friends, with our bars flats. The Shorld was violently startled quants, who, he averred, would The Kid stoned as if fascinated jack how he had scattered the tax at the Kid's request, but was gind shoot the tax-collector on aight, to the clump of Baddienose's dis- collector's remains to the buzzardo to appoint him tax collector. He while he, having first paid himself, carded guns on the door; heard a all over the community. gave him a list of those la arrears could impress upon them the daingle shot, and a moment Inter

donthe.

and those who had never paid, an nirability of having a new school-Bill appeared, pressed money into well as a badge and two guns.

oven a now fall. His henchman his hando.

What do I get out of what I watched, open-mouthed, na Bl "There's your now fall, pard!" collect?" asked the Kid.

mounted his horse and becompanied "You low murderer" shouted tho "Your end te ten-flus per cont of the new tax collector, not only liv-Kid, all Hla decency outraged. He

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Bill amazed and bo-fuddled, Douglas reached for pan and paper. And the next moming Trigger Bill described in detail to Black-

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