THE TURNING POINT CHAPTER 32

JACK WAS ON HIS BACK PROP UP AGAINST A LOG AT HIS BACK. SPOTTED DEER WALK UP AND LOOKS AT JACK.

SPOTTED DEER JACK ME LOOK AT LEG NOW.

JACK I SEEN ONE THEM LITTLE BUGGERS CRAWLING OFF ,LEAVING ME TO DIE.

SPOTTED DEER MAGGOTS ONLY EAT DEAD MEAT, MAYBE THE JOB IS DONE.

JACK SUSIE AND LIZZIE PORE THAT HOLE FULL OF FIRE WATER, IT BURN BAD ,MIGHT KILL SOME MEAT IN THE HOLE.

POTTED DEER ME TAKE THE WRAP OFF AND LOOK.

SPOTTED DEER TOOK THE WRAP OFF THE LEG AND LOOK AT IT, CHEROKEE BILL CAME UP TO LOOK TOO.

CHEROKEE BILL LEG LOOK BETTER TO ME ,GREEN GONE.

SPOTTED DEER YES I THINK YOU RIGHT, JACK SAID MAGGOTS WERE LEAVING HIM. HE GOT MORE TIME NOW, WE WEIGHT AND SEE.

CHEROKEE BILL JACK WHAT WANT ME TO DO WHILE I AM HERE?

JACK WE NEED TO CUT OUT 30 THE BEST MARES OUT THE HEARD. PLUS A GOOD YOUNG STUD. LET THE REST GO, THEY ONLY EAT UP THE GRASS AND USE UP THE WATER IN THE CANYON.

CHEROKEE BILL WHO WILL BREAK THEM?

JACK LIZZIE WILL. WATCH HER DO NOT LET HER GET LIKE ME. IF THE HORSE THROW HER AND ATTACK HER SHOOT IT.

CHEROKEE BILL I WATCH HAVE RIFLE CLOSE BY.

JACK WE NEED TO BUY A WAGON, WITH A TEAM OF HORSES. WE CAN NOT STAY HERE TO LONG ,IF LEG GETS GOOD BE WEEKS BEFORE I CAN RIDE. IF CUT LEG OFF NEED IT ANY WAY.

CHEROKEE BILL HUUUM WHERE AROUND HERE GET ONE?

JACK AT TRADING POST. YOU MAY FINE ONE. THAT'S CLOSE TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF HERE.LIZZIE AND SUSIE KNOW WHERE IT IS.

LIZZIE WALKS UP. LOOKS AT SPOTTED DEER.

LIZZIE HOW HIS LEG SPOTTED DEER?

SPOTTED DEER. HIS LEG LOOKS BETTER TODAY, THE MAGGOTS MAY HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE.

JACK LIZZIE,,, CHEROKEE BILL WILL HELP YOU CUT 30 MARES OUT AND GOOD STUD. WE ALSO NEED TO BUY A WAGON, IF I LIVE, WE NEED IT .I WANT BE ABLE TO RIDE FOR WEEKS.

LIZZIE YOU MAKE IT JACK, HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT COST?

JACK MAYBE 125 IN GOLD. GOLD WEIGH HEAVY OUT HERE. IT BUY MORE. SOME BISON ROBES, GET A NEW JUG OF WHISKEY WE MAY BE SHORT.

LIZZIE WE GOT ONE JUG LEFT. DAM CRAZY DOG HELP HIM SELF.

SUSIE HE WANT ANY MORE, I TOLD HIM THAT FOR JACK, I KILL HIM HE GET AGAIN.

JACK HE A OLD FRIEND SUSIE ,,JUST HAS A PROBLEM,

SUSIE HIS PROBLEM NOT GOOD FOR YOU IF HE DRINK IT UP.

CHEROKEE BILL SHE GOT A POINT THERE JACK. I QUIET AFTER BROKE MY ARM. UNTIL I FOUND THAT LITTLE SURPRISE IN MY CANTEEN. NOW I DRINK NO MORE.

LIZZIE BILL WE START TO THIN THE HEARD TOMORROW.

JACK YA THEY EAT UP ALL THE GRASS IN THERE, BEST DO IT QUICK.

SPOTTED DEER I SEE YOU ARE HEALING FAST, LEG AND SPIRIT, YOU MAKE PLAINS FOR TOMORROW.

COLONEL ROBERSON PULL THE WAGON UP IN FRONT MRS. MINNIE HOUSE, HE RUNS AROUND HELP HER AND JIMMIE DOWN. MRS. MINNIE AND JIMMIE RUN IN THE HOUSE.

MRS. MINNIE JIMMIE GET YOUR STUFF, I GET MINE.

JOHN ROBERSON. I GET THE HORSES ,TIED TO WAGON, AND GET THE HAMS AND SLAB SALT MEAT.

MRS. MINNIE JOHN THINK WE GOT TIME GET THE TABLE AND CHAIRS AND BIBLE?

JOHN ROBERSON I THINK SO MRS. MINNIE.

JOHN RUN IN SIDE COMES OUT WITH BIG TABLE, ALL HE CAN CARRY ,PUT IN WAGON. THEN HE GOES BACK GET THE CHAIRS ,,

MRS. MINNIE WE READY,

JOHN ROBERSON MRS. MINNIE YOU DRIVE THIS RIG. I RIDE OUT IN FRONT ON THE BIG MORGAN STUD, WITH RIFLE.

MRS. MINNIE YES THERE ENOUGH MOON LIGHT I CAN SEE YOU. YOU LEAD THE WAY.

JOHN ROBERSON NOW ON THE MORGAN STUD BEAR BACK ,AND LEADING THE WAGON TO THE NORTH WEST, A CROSS OPEN GROWN ,NOT USING THE ROADS.

MRS. MINNIE JOHN WHY THIS WAY LOT ROUGHER, NOT ON ROADS.

JOHN ROBERSON THAT'S WHERE FROGGIE BILL WILL BE LOOKING. LET HIM WATCH THE ROADS . WE WANT BE ON THEM.

MRS. MINNIE JIMMIE YOU GET IN SIDE WAGON MAKE YOU A BED, WE MAY BE DOING THIS ALL NIGHT.

JOHN ROBERSON YES INDEED MRS. MINNIE. IT GIVE US HEAD START, AND WE BE HARD TO AMBUSH IN THE OPEN.

THEY MOVE ALL NIGHT ,JUST BEFORE DAY LIGHT ,JOHN ROBERSON PULL THEM UP UNDER A TREE WHERE THEY IN SHADE.

JOHN ROBERSON WE STOP HERE MRS. MINNIE GET SLEEP LEVE THE TEAM HOOK UP. I PUT OUT SOME WATER FOR THEM.

MRS. MINNIE WANT FROGGIE BILL CATCH UP?

JOHN ROBERSON YES HE WILL MRS. MINNIE, THIS IS WHERE I AM GOING TO KILL HIM. WE CAN NOT OUT RUN HIM. SO WHEN HE SHOWS ,,HE DEAD.

MRS. MINNIE HOW LONG JOHN BEFORE HE SHOWS.

JOHN ROBERSON MAYBE THREE HOURS, HE GO TO HOUSE PICK UP OUR TRAIL ,WHEN HE CAN NOT FINE US ON THE ROAD.

MRS. MINNIE GUESS THIS IS A STUPID QUESTION, ARE YOU A GOOD SHOT?

JOHN ROBERSON I THOUGHT MY NEPHEW HOW TO SHOOT

MRS. MINNIE WAS HE GOOD.

JOHN ROBERSON RIGHT GOOD ,HIS NAME IS JACK JOHNSON. YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW NOW.

MRS. MINNIE GRAY RIDER?? HE DEAD NOW,

JOHN ROBERSON DO NOT BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR. GO TO SLEEP HUN. YOU NEED IT.

MRS. MINNIE YES JOHN ,, THEN HAS A SMILE.

JOHN REACH IN HIS KIT PULL OUT A SPYGLASSES AND LOOKS ACROSS THE PLAINS FOR SIGN OF FROGGIE BILL AND HIS TWO SONS. JOHN HAS HIS HENRY LAID OUT, AND HIS 44 SIDE ARM.

SUN WAS GETTING UP AND STILL IN THE EAST IN THE EYES OF ANY BODY FOLLOWING THEM,

AFTER TWO HOURS JOHN SEE THREE RIDER FOLLOWING THEIR TRAIL. AFTER A STUDY JOHN PICK FROGGIE BILL OUT HE WAS IN CENTER OF THE THREE.

JOHN TOOK A CAREFUL AIM, RANGE 800 YARDS, LITTLE LEFT TO RIGHT BREEZE. LEFT SHOULDER BE A CENTER HIT JOHN FIGURED, HE SLOWLY PUT FINGER ON TRIGGER AND A BOOOM, COUNT OF ONE ,,THE RIDER IN CENTER FALLS FROM HORSE. TWO LEFT TURN TO RUN, JOHN LINES ONE ON RIGHT UP AND BOOM HE FALLS FROM HORSE . JOHN QUICKLY WORK ACTION, NEW CARTAGE , LITTLE OVER HIS HEAD AND ON LEFT SHOULDER, BOOM, LAST ONE FALL OF HORSE.

JOHN THOUGHT WELL BILL ROBBING LAND DEAL ARE CLOSE NOW. AS HE PUT HIS RIFLE IN THE BOX AND GOES TO SLEEP IN SHADE OF WAGON