CHAPTER 23 TO THE TRADING POST

AFTER WEIGHTING FOR THE RAIN TO STOP, JACK AND LIZZIE RELOADED THE 44S WITH LAST THE POWDER AND SHOT. SUSIE USE MOST UP IN PRACTICE IN LEARNING THE USE OF A PISTOL.

AT SUNRISE JACK,LIZZIE AND SUSIE ALONG WITH 10 BRAVES THAT RED BEAR SENT TO ESCORT THEM TO TRADING POST, WERE ON THERE WAY TO TRADING POST.

JACK WAS RIDING HIS PACK HORSE BEAR BACK ,THEY SHORT ONE SADDLE ,NOW SUSIE IS WITH THEM. JACK COUNTED OUT 400 IN GOLD TO RESUPPLY, AND GET MORE GUNS AND RIFLES TO. THEY ALSO NEED A SADDLE AND PACK HORSE,LADYS NEED MORE CLOTHS TOO. AFTER RIDING FOR TWO HOURS THEY CAME UP TO A RIDGE ,, FROM TOP THEY COULD SEE THE TRADING POST. JACK in sign to braves STAY HERE ,COME IF HEAR SHOOTING,. JACK LIZZIE AND SUSIE RIDE DOWN TO THE TRADING POST. JACK SLIDES OFF HIS MOUNT LIZZIE AND SUSIE DISMOUNT AND TIE HORSES UP TO HITCHED RAIL. AND JACK GOES IN SIDE FOLLOW BE LIZZIE AND SUSIE.

STORE KEEPER WELCOME WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU SIR?

BEFORE JACK COULD SAY ANY THING ONE MEN SPOKE UP ,,"GET THAT INDIAN SQUALL OUT HERE""" JACK LOOK AROUND SUSIE DID HAVE A HEAD BAND ON AND FEATHER IN IT..

JACK ""SUSIE DEAR"" WILL YOU PLEASE WEIGHT OUT SIDE UNTIL I CALL YOU DEAR.

JACK LOOKS AT LIZZIE SHE RED IN FACE ,,AND GIVE HER A WINK,,

JACK YOU GOT ANY GOOD RIFLES?

STORE KEEPER I GOT THIS HENRY 44 NEW, LOAD ON SUNDAY SHOOT ALL WEEK. IT JUST SET HERE COST 60 DOLLARS NOT MANY HERE GOT THAT KIND MONEY.

JACK I GIVE YOU 60 FOR IT IF THROW IN THREE BOXES CARTAGES.

STORE KEEPER MISTER YOU GOT A DEAL.

JACK PAY HIM LIZZIE. LIZZIE COUNT OUT THE MONEY ,,JACK LOADING THE RIFLE.

JACK TURN AROUND TAKES TWO STEP AND SHOOT THE TOE OFF MANS BOOT , THAT CALL SUSIE A SQUALL. THE MAN JUMPING AROUND AND CUSSING, JACK STEP UP AND PUT THE MUZZLE AGAINST HIS FOREHEAD,

JACK MISTER YOU EVER SEE A RED HEADED INDIAN.. I THINK NOT. WHEN I CALL HER BACK IN YOU BETTER FINE NICE WORDS FOR HER, AND MAKE IT RIGHT,, FOR THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST MINUTES ON EARTH..

STORE KEEPER REACH UNDER THE COUNTER, HE HEAR A CLICK CLICK AND FEELS LIZZIE 44 AT HIS HEAD.

LIZZIE "WHEN THAT HAND COME OUT BETTER HAVE NOTHING BUT AIR".

JACK YOU GOT HIM LIZZIE??

LIZZIE "YES HUN ,,YOU CAN GO ON WITH YOUR MANNERS LESION NOW. "DEAR"

JACK "SUSIE COME BACK IN HUN"

Susie comes in and stand beside the door.

JACK YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY TO HER "SIR"

MAN I AM SORRY LADY ,I MADE A MISTAKE ,I THOUGHT YOU WAS A INDIAN NOW I SEE I AM WRONG, FOR GIVE ME PLEASE.

JACK SUSIE STOP THE MEN TELL THEM STAND BY OUT SIDE.

YOU HEAR LOT HORSES PULL UP OUT SIDE AND SUSIE IN COMANCHE TELL THEM STAY PUT.

JACK I AM FRIEND OF RED BEAR I HAVE A ESCORT OF TEN BRAVES OUT THERE , I CAME TO BUY ,,BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET IT ON ,,THEY GIVE YOU ALL YOU WANT.

JACK LETS START ALL OVER, AND STOP THIS NASTY STUFF.

STOREKEEPER YES MISTER LETS DO BUSINESS ,SORRY WE GOT OFF ON WRONG FOOT.

JACK HERE A LIST SUPPLIES I WANT ,, YOU GOT A SADDLE HERE I CAN BUY.

STOREKEEPER I GOT NEW ONE IN BACK FOR 30 DOLLARS.

JACK THROW IT IN TO.

JACK I NEED A PACK HORSE GOT ONE ??

STORE KEEPER NO,, JAKE YOU GOT EXTRA HORSE ANT YA,

MAN JACK SHOT TOE OFF BOOT,,YA I GOT ONE GOOD ONE, I GOT GO GET IT.

JACK HOW MUCH?

JAKE MISTER I AM SORRY WE GOT OFF WRONG FOOT ,,MAKE IT RIGHT 10 DOLLARS. HE HAS SHOES TOO.

JACK GO GET HIM ,PLEASE NO FUNNY STUFF.

JAKE "NO SIR" YOU GOT MONEY I NEED THE MONEY" HE GOES TO DOOR AND STOP, "HE ANT KIDDING THERE 10 COMANCHE'S OUT HERE"

JACK I AM BROTHER JACK MCMEND ;I AM MORMON, I TRADE WITH THE INDIANS. THEN SELL IN KANSAS, BUY IN KANSAS AND SELL TO MY MORMON BROTHERS. THESE MY WIFE'S LIZZIE AND SUSIE. THEY LIKE TO LOOK AROUND TO IF YOU DO NOT MINE.

STOREKEEPER LADIES LOOK AROUND ,

LIZZIE WHAT THESE BLUE PANTS CALL??

STOREKEEPER THEY LEVIES, YOU HAVE HARD TIME WARE THEM OUT.

LIZZIE JACK WE USE THOSE,

JACK PICK YOU OUT 3 PAIR AND SUSIE 3 PAIR ,GET ME THREE PAIR.

JACK GOT ANY HAND GUNS?

STOREKEEPER I GOT SOME NEW SCHUFIELDS. 32 CALIBER.

JACK LETS SEE THEM.

STOREKEEPER PULL OUT TWO BOXES AND BLOW THE DUST OFF THEM. OPEN THE BOXES AND PULL OUT ONE ,"HAD BRASS ON SIDE IT."

STOREKEEPER THEY HENDGE AND UNSNAP HERE BARREL BREAKS DOWN DUMP CARTAGES, PUT 6 MORE IN FAST RELOADING.

JACK HOW MUCH FOR BOTH.

STORE KEEPER 100 DOLLARS. I GOT 4 BOXES CARTAGES GO WITH THEM.

JACK SOLD.

JACK LIZZIE AND SUSIE GET ALL YOU NEED BE WHILE BEFORE WE SEE A ANOTHER TRADING POST.

LIZZIE ,, WE PICKING OUT LADIES UNDER GARMENTS NOW DEAR.

JACK YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD TRADE WITH RED BEAR , I MAKE GOOD MONEY TRADING WITH HIM ,,I GIVE HIM 30 CENTS FOR BISON ROBE AND SELL SAME ROBE FOR DOLLAR. IN KANSAS. HE HAPPY I MAKE GOOD MONEY. CORSE I GOT TRAVEL.

STORE KEEPER WE WOULD IF HE WOULD NOT KILL US.

JACK HE KILL ANY BODY LATELY.

STORE KEEPER NO WE RUN HIM OFF.

JACK HE LESS THAN 30 MILES FROM HERE WITH CLOSE TO 200 BRAVES,, HE WIPE YOU OUT ANY TIME.

STOREKEEPER HE IS,,

JACK I BEEN IN HIS CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS TRADING . I ASK WHY HE DO NOT TRADE WITH YOU. HE SAYS YOU SHOOT AT HIM EVERY TIME HE COMES NEAR YOU.

STOREKEEPER WE AFRAID HE KILL US.

JACK FEW YEARS BACK WHEN APACHES CAME YOU HAD LOT PROBLEMS WITH THEM/

STORE KEEPER YA WE RUN THEM OFF,,

JACK RED BEAR KILL OVER A 100 OF THEM, HE TOOK SUSIE FROM THEM SHE WAS A WHITE CAPTIVE OF THEIRS. RAISE HER AS HIS OWN. ASK SUSIE!

SUSIE HE DID; WASTE THE HOLD VILLAGE. AND AMBUSH THE REST WHEN HE GOT THREW WITH THEM. WAS NOT MANY GOT AWAY.

STOREKEEPER WELL I BE ,,WE WONDER WHY THEY TOOK OFF.

SUSIE "TOOK OFF; HE KILL THEM."

JACK I BRING RED BEAR IN TO TALK TO YOU; WE HAVE A NO SHOOT DAY, HE NO SHOOT, YOU NO SHOOT.

STOREKEEPER YOU GOT IT MISTER.

JAKE CAME TO THE DOOR ""MISTER I GOT THE HORSE HERE,""

JACK GOES OUT SIDE TO LOOK AT HIM.

JACK HE LOOKS SOUND. JACK CHECK THE TEETH.

JACK SAY 10 DOLLARS?

JAKE YES SIR.

JACK PULLS OUT 3 5 DOLLAR GOLD PIECES ""HERE EXTRA 5 FOR THE BOOT SIR.""

JACK GOES BACK IN SIDE,

LIZZIE WE DONE HUN.

JACK HOW MUCH I OWE YOU SIR.

STORE KEEPER YOU ALREADY PLAYED FOR THE HENRY. SADDLE, POWDER, SHOT, LEAD SADDLE ,LEVIES, AND , SALT MEAT ,FLOUR ,COFFEE ,TWO SCHUFIELDS ,LADIES WARE 175 DOLLARS. I HOPE YOU GOT THAT MUCH.

JACK PAY HIM LIZZIE.

LIZZIE COUNT OUT THE MONEY JACK REMEMBER ""YA I WANT FISH HOOKS TOO."" BIG ONES,

STOREKEEPER I JUST THROW THEM IN SIR.

JACK TAKES THE SADDLE AND PUT IT ON THE BLANKET. ON HORSE BACK AND SYNCH IT UP TIGHT. LOAD SUPPLIES ON NEW PACK HORSE AND LIZZIE AND SUSIE MOUNT THEIR MUSTANGS.

JACK I BE BACK WITH RED BEAR IN TWO DAYS TO MAKE A TRUCE AND TRADE WITH YOU,,

ALL I ASK IS NO FIRE WATER TRADED TO INDIANS,

STOREKEEPER I KNOW ,GOT MY WORD ON THAT. [no fire water]

JACK AND LIZZIE AND SUSIE AND 10 BRAVE ESCORT RIDE OFF TOWARD THE VILLAGE, THE

STOREKEEPER LOOKS AT JAKE FOOT..""I THINK HE KILL YOU IF YOU HAD NOT APOLOGIES TO THAT WOMAN."" RED HEADED INDIAN HAHAHA