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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY,

MAY 26,

1988.

THE BAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE

ADAPTED FROM THE

METRO GOLDWYN MAYER FICTURE

LEBBEUS MITCHELL

By Paul F..

IT BEGAN Berdanier

HOW IT

Jeffrey Burton, the CarnarBio Kid, on route to California, fa held up in Arizona and roliavad of o gold, watch. Arrived in Brimstone, he falls in love with Loretta Douglas. He joins in a poker gamo in the Longhorn Batoon with Triggor Bill who, with his gang, rulos Brimatono. Bille wearing the Kid's watch, and the boy domande sta rolurn. But throws it on the table and, with gune pointed, challenges the Kid to plot it up. The Kid does ao and walks out unmolested. Bit had recognized the portrait of the boy's mother in the watch da that of the wife he had do- Darted.

Copyright 1999 by Loew'a I00,

Chapter Two

all you collect and a free buryla' on Boot Hil"

and the

money.

ing but apparently uninjured, away; swung a long right to Bill's nos that sont him staggering into the from the ranch.

With Trigger Bill's presence and patio. Dill came back, fingering his With his badge, two gune Jat of delinquents, the Kid set out inaletence, the delinquents pald up guns, and the Xid lot by with rights Arst for Trigger Bill's ranch, for one by one, with much grumbling and letts until Dill, both oyas black- the bandit awed more in taxes than and an occasional attempt at run-oned, struggled to a sitting posture. play, which I managed to forestill in that position, he watched anyone elas on the lat

fia walked into Trigger Bit's livetail Night overtook them before the Kid ride away.

Buzz McCready was in Sheriff Ang room where the bandt was ear they reached the ranch of Arthur, rounded by his henchmen. On the called "Baddiarono, Sawtollo, the Barney's office when the Kid re table before them were pack of most violently opposed of all the turned thore and plumped down all men in the community,against pay the back taxos, Toos his commis- 'The Sheriff "I got a claim on you, Triggering taxes. The two men camped insion, which he had carefully count- Bill," said the kid, oxtending the the open, na Trigger Dill still ined out in advance.

alated upon accompanying the Kid, gulpod, wide-eyed, and Buzz, the inx flat.

No, you hasn't!" cried Trigger despite the latter's attempts to nend half-wit, asked in calf-like wonder:

"Where's my brother, Vuleh?" Bill Jumping up anxiously. "I him away.

"There ain't no law against a

"Vulch 7 I guess that must be the never had nothin' to do with you. ... Anyways, don't you say noth- man's ridin' where he wants to," ing! This here certificate ain't cald Bill obstinately. "Lasten, Fmy run into in the canyon. Hon worth the paper it's wrote on, Any-sorry about that watch. The kidati thera where he fell. He shot On the day of Vulch McCroody's Where's who at way, how're you goin' to prove what said nothing. "Fine-lookin' woman Arst."

your mother. It accuse me of?"

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

nald Bill, clumsily gesturing up-ing the name of Vulch's murderer. | Buzz" named the new tax collector. Britono," showing his badge.

ware.

"Eleven years now, and I'm glad and only Trigger Bill's solemn the community, prevented Black- for har-after what she got in this promise to scatter the Kid all over "Where's your father?" asked Black from gunning at ones for the life."

Trigger Bil appeared at Lawyer was to run jalo him, sometime?" timidly, "What would you do if you kid.

The Kid's next encounter with Trigger Bill hin unrecognized

"Taxon" cried Triggor Bill, and there was relief in his volcs, "Vulch father was even moru ignominous than the Arat, though he did not

McCreedy, put up your gun! Any aven Foo Bill. Ho had fallen fato the inbit of meeting Lorelta Doug-hootin' has to be done around boro, Ise na the tort the school house doen. Now all of you clear out of where who taught, on the pretext here. I'll reason with this hera ga that he needed the workout to keep loot."

t for the boxing match Eight-Ball was supposed to be arranging for him. On this occasion Loretta drove one of her pupils, Sammy Grant, to ha home, while the trotted along the rond, shandow-boxing, Ap- proaching the Grant home, Sammy anw alrange men driving away o father's cattle, and thought hie father had hired some now ranch hando.

Loretta asked the Kid to go in The Khi and met the Grantn wanted to wash up first at the well, Loretta and Sammy went into the house and found Mrs. Grast play- ing the hamaalum while her hu

chals. Trigger and was bound to Hill. Kun In hand, was Batening to the munte. He ordered Loretta

and Sammy to al: down.

"I now what you're doin', Trig ger )," and Mr. Grant, pettin' There mughin at a while your gang's out there, whoopin' of my enitta "

"You didn't ought to break in on anered musle," nid Trigger i re- pronchtutly.

Jammy ran to the upen window and shouted whrilly far the Kid

What's he doin' here?“ demand- ed 13111 "I've touk all I'm a-goin' to from bin! Keep right on n-play- in', Man. Grant," he ordered no schn crunch of approaching feel wan head. Portugee Ben entered, and Bill lowered his weapona.

"You didn't con nothin' of that tenderfoot guloot ?" naked Bill.

Ben winked. "I took care of him, Beel. Wo now."

to

When the IA and the bandit] were alone the latter continued threateningly: "Liston! You bean bruthin' your spurn too close to my bouts over nince you come hero! Les you want to go out of here feet first start walkin' o

newa."

You think I'm a big man?" "You?" cried the Kid scornfully, "why, you ain't even got any civic pride! This here place needs a new

Jati," school and

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

Td knock him for a cooler!" | Douglas'a that night with a pecul- That ain't the way to talk!" ob- cried the Kid vehemently. freted Bill, ahocked and atung. "What'd he over do to you?"

"Just run out and loft my mother to 11 herself tryin' to bring me up decent."

Bill was stunned into silence at hin sud's venom,

"And I'm auro one that's pinn- ning to see that they do--when Mr. Dougina gila through teaching me the law. If I had a college educa tion like him, I'd

iar request: he wanted to leave $3,000 to himself in his will se ho Inwyer, thinking himself more fud- could get a college education. The died with drink than over, could not make bead or talia of the re- quest, and Bhally Bill was driven to explain: "This money ain't really for me. It's for Jeff Burton. Maybo you could make out his father left it to him. Here's the money, and a bag for you."

I'm

When they lini gone, Loretta ran out of the house, cailing the Kid's She found him namo fearfully. trussed up like a chiciren in the

"I ain't walkin' no placo without ranch them taxed." with Grant's bunk-house hands. She got him and the cow-i

"You mean you're aimin' to shoot

At Saddlenbad Sawtollo's the next handa untled after much effort, et out with me?" plaining how Trigger Blile mon "If I have to, Bill. I've been orning, Trigger Bill, pleaded to

"But that's not othical. That find driven off Mr. Grant's cattle.

During & conference with Loret-earla'a lot of things about you, be allowed to go into the house

pay up. "I guesa mobbo your Idena would be forgery! Drawing up a ta's father the next day, in which but your bein' a cheap-skate is alone and persuade Saddlenors to

is plumb right, Jeff. The West has spurious will making him benefi the lawyer told the Kid that neither

"It ain't the money! It's the pro-got to learn the rules. The law's clary of $3.000 supposedly left by a fate nor guise, but only the law.

the thing. Desperadoes like mo has father deceased-which you bestow and confer. No, I couldn't do it." could bring order and justice to ciple of the thing."

"You're supposed to be a big man got to go."

Lawyer "Look hero now, Brimstone, the Kid asked Mr. Dougins to teach him the elements out hore, Bill All the suckers look

askin' you soclable to do this for of the legal profession. The Kid up to you, and if you pay-"

me. It wouldn't be forgery exactly asked if he night move into the

Course I can't take a affy david an I'm dead and buried, but I am Dougina household, paying twenty

Bil "Why ain't you gettin' one of for a fact Jeff Burton's natural dollars a month for tile koop. There

legitimate father." Trigger no objection to thai, but it

them college educations?" EVOL

Kid necessary for the

"They cost more'n a deputy tax jumped to his foot. "And, Lawyer, Trigger Bill was stung and for a WAM

If you ever tells this to a livin' carn that much money, and the only immediate prospect was for moment I looked as though he collector can buy."

As he waited outside Batalla's soul, you and your daughter won't him to collect the taxen dun the would start shooting. Instead, he

Speechlessly, Dougina groped for community. Both Larotta and her beano tramping up and down the house, the Kid heard him wreckernize each other's corpeca!" room. Ha whirled suddenly with aing at Trigger Bill's Arst inondon father nought to dierunde him when hout. "All right, then! You go git of taxes, threatening to shoot at his bottin, and Bill continued: "The

was going to to announced ho

un a now school! Put a lock on the once if he didn't get out. then he art thing you and me got to fix Short Barney at once and ask to

elector. Mr. Jail, too. Hore. reckon this will heard Bill's voice, oily, perounaive, in for Jeft to be out of town early tomorrow mornin' no's he can bo be appointed tax

"Now, Baddienone, does such there in time to cash in on the Dougina told him that Trigger Bil cover it." He pushed across the an if in a dream:

ba-fuddled, and his gang and many others retable arvoral bags of money, after

Stit amazed and tuned to pay taxes, and that several carefully stuming the biggest one trifin' difference of opinion call for stato in Chicagy."

a mens of laughteration? Throw Having capitulated, Trigger Bill them gung down, and let's mo and Douglas renched for pon and paper. collectors had met with violent into his own pocket.

And the next morning Trigger deatha.

Insisted on going with the Kid to you settle this paltry how-d-do like

Bll desertbed in detall to Black- The Kid was not to be dissuaded, collect the taxes from other delin- old friends, with our bare fata."

The Kid listened an it fascinated jack how he had ecattered the tax The Sheriff was violently atartled quente, who, he averred, would at the Kid's request, but was glad shoot the tax-collector on night, to the clump of Baddlenone's dis- collector's remains to the buzzarde

all over the community. to appoint him tax collector. He while ho, having fimt paid himself, carded guns on the floor: heard a gave him a list of those in arrears could impress upon them the di-single shot, and a moment later and those who had never paid, as intrability of having a now school-Bill appeared, pressed money into

He henchman his hands. well na badge and two guns. even a new jail.

There's your now jail, pardı” as B "What do I got out of what I watched, open-mouthed,

"You low murderer" shouted the mounted his horse and accompanied collect?" asked the KM.

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