Dawn Rider Page #4

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Only when I have to.

Well, your father

was a good man.

Thank you, Sheriff.

Still lookin' to get

the men that did him.

The masked road agents

started up last year,

small time robbin'.

They usually work over

the border in Montana.

Never killed no one

before Dad.

Well, I'd appreciate

you keepin' me informed.

Thanks again.

Take it off.

Please.

I was thinkin'

I'd meet McClure

at the station.

Oh, that's your trouble.

Too much thinkin'.

No, no,

he's all right, boys.

He's a friend.

Come on in.

Hey, what kept you?

Oh...

Yeah, never mind.

Look at this.

We got the money.

Who else knows

about this?

Nobody.

What about

those two gorillas?

Oh, yeah, I trust them

like I trust you, John,

with my life.

That's the rail workers'

pay, huh?

Yeah.

It's a lot of money.

Yep.

So, you comin'

to the Double Cross

for supper tonight?

I'll be there.

Atta boy.

So, what do you

think of Alice?

She's pretty swell, huh?

Oh, yeah, no, she's...

She's real swell.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Alice Gordon?

And from

the sound of that,

I would say that

that is a peacemaker.

Well, if you know

this weapon then, uh,

I'm guessing you have

some understanding

of the mischief

it could cause

with a man's features.

May I come in?

He's supposed to have

killed a fellow in Tulsa

over a box of cigars.

A box of cigars.

Can you believe that?

No, John ain't like that.

Look, Miss Gordon,

you have no idea what

Dodge City can do to a man.

John Mason was sheriff there

for a while,

a good one.

Until things went bad.

And then really bad

as things sometimes do

in Dodge City.

May I offer you a drink?

What do you want with John?

What do I want with John?

Did you ever hear

the story about him

winning his freedom

from this hellhole

of a prison in Mexico?

About cutting cards

with this rich kid?

This kid who was a piece

of uneducated, loathsome...

I can't use the word in

the presence of a lady.

I love being in the presence

of a smart, beautiful woman.

What genius!

What a wonder that God

would take Adam's rib

and create Eve.

Brilliant.

Just brilliant.

Anyway, apparently

the prison was overcrowded

and they had just

brought in the Gaston Gang

and they needed room

to lock them up.

Have you not heard

of the Gaston Gang?

No, I have not.

Ah, nasty, very nasty.

Anyway, to make

a long story short,

the rich kid and John

were forced to cut cards

to see

who would be set free

and who would rot in hell.

Then John pulled

the big spade.

Lucky, huh?

What are the odds

of him doing that?

One in fifty-two.

Yes.

Yes, one in fifty-two.

I had the opportunity

to speak to two

of the Gaston Gang

who had been there

and they said that John

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