Sudden Takes The Trail

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"MURDERER!" The man on the big horse spoke the word aloud, and never had the sound of it seemed so sinister, for he was applying it to himself. Then, as had happened many times in the past few days, his moody gaze swept over the vast expanse of semi-desert he was crossing. High overhead, an eagle, winging its unhurried way against the pale blue sky, was the only visible evidence of other living creatures.

"Reckon we've razzle-dazzled 'em, of hoss," the rider went on.

The black head of the animal came round to nuzzle its master's knee. He bent and stroked the silken nostrils.

"Fella can get away from his own kind but not from his-self," he mused. "Mebbe I'd oughta stayed an' took my chances, but hell ! there warn't no chances." His mind slipped back to that fatal evening only a week before, recalling the scene and the swift sequence of events which had forced him to flee for his life.

Absently he searched a vest pocket for cigarette papers and discovered a metal star which, in the bright sunlight, seemed to wink at him maliciously.

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