[The Night Horseman by Max Brand]@TWC D-Link bookThe Night Horseman CHAPTER XVI 11/14
That's where I'll put him.
He loved the sound of runnin' water; and the wind'll be on his face; and the tree'll sort of mark the place.
Jerry, lad, would ye like that ?" Now, while Mac Strann talked, inspiration came to Haw-Haw Langley, and he stretched out his gaunt arms to it and gathered it in to his heart. "Mac," he said, "don't you see no reason why Jerry wouldn't ask you to go after Barry ?" "Eh ?" queried Mac Strann, turning. But as he turned, Haw-Haw Langley glided towards him, and behind him, as if he found it easier to talk when the face of Mac was turned away.
And while he talked his hands reached out towards Mac Strann like one who is begging for alms. "Mac, don't you remember that Barry beat Jerry to the draw ?" "What's that to do with it ?" "But he beat him bad to the draw.
I seen it.
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