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GRAY RIDER KEEP CLOSE EYE ON RIDER IN FRONT OF HIM, AND EYE OVER HIS SHOULDER LOOKING FOR THE CALVARY TO SHOW. HE STAYED BACK AND WATCH RIDER IN FRONT OF HIM WITH HIS SPYGLASSES .HE NOTICE IT WAS A WOMAN, AS HE GOT LITTLE CLOSER TO THE RIDER.

JACK WHAT A WOMAN DOING OUT HERE? THE INDIANS SPOT HER THEY DO LOT MORE THAN LOOK AT HER. I HOPE SHE NOT LOOKING FOR ME AND THAT DAM BOUNTY.

SOON IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO SUNSET AND SHE WAS MAKING CAMP. JACK JOHNSON WEIGHTED UNTIL DARK TO MOVE AROUND HER. HE KEEP A GOOD DISTANCE FROM CAMP FIRE. AND MADE A BIG CIRCLE AROUND HER THEN WENT OWN SOUTH WEST.

LIZZIE HORSE CAUGHT WIND OF JACK HORSE AND WHINNIES ; LIZZIE DRAW HER PISTOL JUST IN CASE. JACK NEVER CAME CLOSE TO HER ,SO SHE RELAX, AND AFTER WHILE WENT TO SLEEP ,BUT WITH HER GUN BY HER SIDE.

JACK WENT ON FOR TWO MORE HOURS, BEFORE HE STOP MADE CAMP. IT WAS A COLD CAMP. JACK DID NOT WANT TO SHOW WHERE HE WAS. JACK PONDER WHY THE WOMAN WAS OUT HERE ALL ALONG; ONLY CONCLUSION HE COME UP WITH SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM. JACK THOUGHT THAT DAM BOUNTY GOING GET EVERY GREEN HORN LOOKING FOR ME, AND I GET BLAME FOR EVERY ONE GETTING KILL. JACK SLEPT LIGHT THAT NIGHT, WITH GUN BY HIS SIDE.

FIRST LIGHT JACK MADE COFFEE AND COOK BREAKFAST SALT MEAT AND BISCUITS. THEN HE PUT OUT FIRE GAVE HORSE SOME WATER. AND PACK UP TO GO. JACK MOUNTED AND RODE ON TO SOUTH WEST LIKE BE FORE.

LIZZIE WAS ON TRAIL HEADING SOUTH WEST WHEN SHE CUT JACK TRAIL HE LEFT LAST NIGHT.

LIZZIE HUUUUUMM THERE WAS SOME ONE OUT HERE LAST NIGHT. HE HAS A PACK HORSE LIKE I DO, AND HE DID NOT STOP IN SAY HI.HE MUST OF CIRCLE ME AND WENT ON. THIS MIGHT BE GRAY RIDER. WHERE THE CALVARY THAT WAS AFTER HIM? HEHEHEH HE LOST THEM AND CHEROKEE BILL. HE KNOWS THAT I AM HERE WHY HE CIRCLE ME. HE COULD ATTACK ME, BUT CHOOSE NOT TO.

JACK STOP ON TOP RIDGE AND PULL OUT HIS FIELD GLASSES TOOK A PEEK AT HIS BACK TRAIL. YAP SHE ON MY TRAIL FOLLOWING ME. THEN HE NOTICE TWO RIDERS OFF TO SIDE FOLLOWING HER. THEY LOOK LIKE INDIANS ,BUT JACK COULD NOT BE SURE THEY SO FAR AWAY.

JACK I JUST WEIGHT HERE UNTIL I AM SURE WHAT FOLLOWING HER. WE MAY BE DEVELOPING INDIAN PROBLEMS HERE. THEY KNOW ABOUT HER SOON THEY KNOW ABOUT ME.

IF PONNEE WE GOT PROBLEMS ,AND THAT YOUNG LADY GOING TO BE IN BAD TROUBLE IF THEY ARE.

JACK WATCH THE RIDERS THAT WERE FLANKING LIZZIE ,AND AS THEY GOT CLOSER HE MADE THEM OUT BE PONNEE .

JACK WELL SHIT,LITTLE GIRL YOU EVER LOOK OVER YOU SHOULDER SEE IF YOU BEEN STALK.

SHE WAS A QUARTER MILE FROM JACK HE TOOK OUT HIS SHARPS RIFLE AND DISMOUNTED AND TOOK DEAD AIM ON INDIANS. HE MADE THE DISTANCE 800 YARDS SET SIGHTS FOR THAT DISTANCE. HE PULL THE TRIGGER BUWHOOM LITTLE BIT ONE INDIAN FELL OF HORSE THEN HE QUICKLY KICK OUT EMPTY CARTAGE AND RELOADED. THE OTHER INDIAN HAD TURN TO RUN JACK TOOK CAREFUL AIM AND BUWOOOM LITTLE LATER THE SECOND INDIAN SLUMP OVER ON HIS HORSE AND KEEP ON RIDING.

JACK I HOPE HE DIED BE FOR GETTING BACK TO HIS TRIBE. OR WE GOT BIG PROBLEMS.

LIZZIE ALMOST CRAP IN HER PANTS WHEN SHE HEARD THE SHARPS GO OFF. SHE LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT JACK WAS SHOOTING AT THEN ;SHE NOTICE THE INDIANS. THEN SHE SEE THE SECOND INDIAN TAKE A HIT AND SLUMP OVER. JACK WAVE HER OWN TO HIM, AND WEIGHTED.

JACK JOHNSON YOU GOT LOOK AROUND WOMAN, I KNOW YOU AFTER ME, BUT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO LIVE BETTER DO AS I SAY. HE GETS BACK TO HIS VILLAGE WE HAD 50 ON OUR ASS. SO WE GOT TO RIDE UNTIL FINE A PLACE WE CAN HOLD THEM OFF AT.

JACK MOUNTS AND SAY COME ON SAM WITH THAT THEY RIDE OFF AT GALLOP ,AND LIZZIE FOLLOWS HIM, IT JUST HIT HER SHE NOT EXPERIENCE AT WILD WEST ;TO TAKE THIS OWN. THEY RIDE HARD MOST THE DAY. THEN AT TOP RIDGE THEY STOP LET HORSE REST.

JACK I AM JACK JOHNSON. YOU SHOOT ME ,AND YOU DIE THOSE INDIANS HAVE YOU FOR LUNCH. WHAT THEY DO TO WHITE WOMAN IS BAD NO BODY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THREW THAT. YOU AND I ALL THERE IS TO KEEP US ALIVE.

LIZZIE WHAT HAPPEN TO CALVARY?

JACK I RUN THEIR HORSE OFF, THEY ON FOOT FOR WHILE. THEIR SCOUT MAY BE DRUNK, AND THEY MAY LOST MY TRAIL. IF YOU HAD ME THEY JUST KILL YOU AND TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOU. SO DO NOT COUNT ON THEM FOR HELP.

LIZZIE KILL ME!

JACK RED LEGS, THEY KILL YOU ,KILL THAT CAPTAIN ,AND CHEROKEE BILL.5000 DOLLARS LOT REASON TO KILL ANY BODY. THEY DO NOT WANT ME TO TALK ANY WAY. WHY IT IS FOR ME DEAD.

LIZZIE WHY THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO TALK?

JACK TWO OF THAT GROUP; ONE WAS LEADER ,AND OTHER WAS WITH HIM WHEN THEY RAPE AND KILL MY DAUGHTER. HOW I GOT INTO THIS MEST,KILLING RED LEGS. KILL A LOT THAT WAS IN THAT BUNCH ,BUT LIKE A FEW. BY THE WAY WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

LIZZIE JANE MC-MEND. FROM KANSAS.

JACK WELL LIZZIE JANE WHY ARE YOU OUT HERE HUNTING ME?

LIZZIE JANE I LOST MY FARM AND MAN GOT KILL AT SHILO.I NEED IT TO START OVER.

JACK THIS LAND KILL THE BEST SKILL OUT DOORS MAN. I KNOW YOU CAN RIDE, CAN YOU SHOOT?

LIZZIE BEST SHOT AROUND,

JACK SECOND BEST.

LIZZIE IF IT WAS ME BOTH INDIANS BE DEAD WE WOULD NOT BE RUNNING.

JACK HELL LIZZIE THAT SECOND SHOT WAS OVER 800YARDS AND MOVING TARGET. I HIT IT. WITH A 50 CALIBER HE PROBLEM WANT MAKE IT BACK.

LIZZIE I KNOW HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT BACK.

JACK WELL LIZZIE JANE RIDE UP HERE NEXT TO ME. I DO NOT WANT TO BE SHOT IN BACK.

LIZZIE JANE YOU BE LOOKING ME IN EYES IF I SHOOT YOU. RIGHT NOW I ANT MAKE UP MY MINE YET>

JACK YOU GOT SPUNK GAL. COME ON LETS GO. WE STILL GOT FINE A PLACE WE CAN DEFEND.

JACK AND LIZZIE RODE OFF SIDE BY SIDE LOOKING FOR PLACE TO HOLD UP. FOR INDIAN ATTACK.

CAPTAIN RICHARDSON WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT CHEROKEE BILL?

CHEROKEE BILL , HUUM SOME ONE CAMP HERE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS NOT JACK JOHNSON.

CAPTAIN RICHARDSON WHAT! YOU SURE YOU NOT STILL DRUNK.

BILL. SMILE NO .THIS PERSON WEIGHT 115 LBS. HAD A MUSTANG AND PACK HORSE.

CAPTAIN THAT WOMAN HAD MUSTANG AND PACK HORSE AT TRADING POST. WHY SHE OUT HERE?

BILL HUUUUMMM MAYBE SHE A BOUNTY HUNTER LOOKING FOR JACK JOHNSON. ANY WAY SHE RODE OFF TO SOUTH WEST.

CAPTAIN JUST GREAT NOW WE GOT BOUNTY HUNTER IN THE WAY. WE CAMP HERE GETTING CLOSE TO SUNSET, MY FOOT HURTING ANY WAY.

THEY MADE CAMP THAT NIGHT ,.RIGHT WHERE LIZZIE HAD CAMP NIGHT BE FORE.