Seemingly we had cut loose and were more than ever a world to ourselves. The country had grown sterile6 beneath ordinary, if possible; and our thoughts and talk would have been sterile also were it not for that one recurrent topic which kept them quick. In these journeyings men seize upon little things and magnify them; discuss and rediscuss a phase until launched maybe as an empty joke it returns freighted with tragedy.
However, now that once My Lady had eliminated herself from my field I did not see but that Daniel and I might taper7 off into at least an armed neutrality. If he continued to nag8 me, it would be wholly of his own free will. He had no grievance9.
Then in case that I did kill him—if kill him I must (and that eventuality hung over me like the sword of Damocles) I should be not ashamed to tell even my mother. In this I took what small comfort I might.
I had not spoken at length with Mrs. Montoyo for several days. We had exchanged merely civil greetings. To-day I did not see her during the march; did not attempt to see her—did not so much as curiously11 glance her way, being content to let well enough alone, although aware that my care might be misinterpreted as a token of fear. But as to proving the case against me, Daniel was at liberty to experiment with the status in quo.
Toward evening we climbed a second wide, flat divide. We were leaving the Red Basin, they said, and about to cross into the Bitter Creek12 Plains, which, according to the talk, were “a damned sight wuss!” Somewhere in the Bitter Creek Plains our course met the course of the Overland Stage road, trending up from the south for the passage of the Green River at the farther edge of the Plains.
I had only faint hope that Mrs. Montoyo would be delivered over to the stage there. It scarcely would be her wish. We were destined13 to travel on to Salt Lake City together—she, Daniel and I.
If the Red Basin had been bad and if the Bitter Creek Plains were to be worse, assuredly this plateau was limbo14: a gray, bleak15, wind-swept elevation16 fairly level and extending, in elevation perceptible mainly by 242the vista17, as far as eye might see, northward18 and southward, separating basin from basin—one Hell, as Jenks declared, from the other.
Nevertheless there was a wild grandeur19 in the site, flooded all with crimson20 as the sun sank in the clear western sky beyond the Plains themselves, so that our plateau was still bathed in ruddy color when the Red Basin upon the one hand had deepened to purple and the white blotches21 of soda22 and alkali down in the Plains upon the other hand gleamed evilly in a tenuous23 gloaming.
We had corralled adjacent to another tainted24 pond, of which the animals refused to drink but which furnished a little rank forage25 for them and an oasis26 for a half dozen ducks. A pretty picture these made, too, as they lightly sat the open water, burnished27 to brass28 by the sunset so that the surface shimmered29 iridescent30, its ripples31 from the floating bodies flowing molten in all directions.
After supper I took the notion to go over there, in the twilight32, on idle exploration. Water of any kind had an appeal; a solitary34 pond always has; the ducks brought thoughts of home. Many a teal and widgeon and canvasback had fallen to my double-barreled Manton, back on the Atlantic coast—very long ago, before I had got entangled35 in this confounded web of misadventure and homicidal tendencies.
To the pond I went, mood subdued36. It set slightly in a cup; and when I had emerged from a little swale or depression that I had followed, attracted by the laughter of children playing at the marge, whom should I see, approaching on line diagonal, but Mrs. Montoyo—her very hair and form—coming in likewise, perhaps with errand similar to mine: simple inclination37.
And that (again perhaps) was a mutual38 surprise, indeed awkward to me, for we both were in plain sight from the camp. Certainly I could not turn off, nor turn back. Not now. It was make or break. Hesitate I did, with involuntary action of muscles; I thought that she momentarily hesitated; then I drove on, defiant39, and so did she. The fates were resolved that there should be no dilly-dallying by the principals chosen for this drama that they had staged.
Our obstinate40 paths met at the base of a small point white with alkali, running shortly into the sedges. Had we timed by agreement beforehand we could not have acted with more precision. So here we halted, in narrow quarters, either willing but unable to yield to the other.
She smiled. I thought that she looked thinner.
“An unexpected pleasure, Mr. Beeson. At least, for me. It has been some days.”
“I believe it has,” I granted. “Shall I pass on?”
“You might have turned aside.”
“And so,” I reminded, “might you.”
“But I didn’t care to.”
“Neither did I, madam. The pond is free to all.”
I was conscious that a hush41 seemed to have gripped the whole camp, so that even the animals had ceased bawling42. The children near us stared, eyes and mouths open.
“You have kept away from me purposely?” she asked. “I do not blame your discretion43.”
“I contented?” She drew up, paling. “Why do you say that, when you must know.” She laughed weakly. “I am still for the Lion’s den3.”
“You? Without doubt. By Daniel, by Captain Adams, likely by others. More than requested, I fancy. And you do perfectly46 right to avoid trouble if possible. In fact, you can leave me now and continue your walk, sir, with no reproaches. Believe me, I shall not drag you farther into my affairs.”
“Daniel and Captain Adams have no weight with me, madam,” I stammered47. “But when you yourself requested——”
“That was merely for the time being. I asked you to leave me at the fire because I felt sure that Daniel would kill you.”
“But yesterday evening—I refer to yesterday,” I corrected. “You sent me word, following my talk with Hyrum.”
“I did not.”
“Not by Rachael?”
“No, sir.”
“I so understood. I thought that she intimated as much. She said that you were to be happy; were already content. And that I would only be making you trouble if I continued our acquaintance.”
“Oh! Rachael.” She smiled with sudden softness. “Rachael cannot understand, either. I’m sure she intended well, poor soul. Were they all like Rachael—— But I had no knowledge of her talk with you. Anyway, please leave me if you feel disposed. Whether I marry Daniel or not should be no concern of yours. I shall have to find my own trail out. Look! There go the ducks. I came down to watch them. Now neither of us has any excuse for staying. Good——”
The hush had tightened48 into a strange pent stillness like the poise49 of earth and sky and beast and bird just before the breaking of a great and lowering storm. The quick clatter50 of the ducks’ wings somehow alarmed me—the staring of the children, their eyes directed past us, sharpened my senses for a new focus. And glancing, I witnessed Daniel nearing—striding rapidly, straight for the point, a figure portentous51 in the fading glow, bringing the storm with him.
She saw, too. Her eyes widened, startled, surveying not him, but me.246
“Please go. At once! I’ll keep him.”
“It is too late now,” I asserted, in voice not mine. “I am here first and I’ll go when I get ready.”
“You mean to face him?”
“I mean to hear what he has to say, and learn what he intends to do. I don’t see any other way—unless you really wish me to go?”
“No, no!” cried My Lady. “I don’t want you to be harmed; but oh, how I have suffered.” All her countenance52 was suffused—with anger, with shame, and even with hope. She trembled, gazing at me, and fluctuant.
“So have I, madam,” said I, grimly.
“I think,” she remarked in quiet tone, “that in a show-down you will best him. I’m sure of it; yes, I know it. You will play the man. You act cool. Good! Watch him very close. He’ll give you little grace, this time. But remember this: I’ll never, never, never marry him. Rather than be bound to him I’ll deal with him myself.”
“It won’t be necessary, madam,” said I—a catch in my throat; for while I was all iciness and clamminess, my hands cold and my tongue dry, I felt that I was going to kill him at last. Something told me; the sheer horror of it struck through; the inevitable53 loomed54 grisly and near indeed.
A panoramic55 lifetime crowds the brain of a drowning man; that same crowded my brain during the few moments which swung in to us Daniel, scowling56, 247masterful, his raw bulk and his long shambling stride never before so insolent57.
From New York and home and peace I traveled clear here to desert, outlawry58 and blood—and thence on through a second life as a marked man; but while I knew very well where I should shoot him (right through the heart), I turned over and over the one doubtful pass: where would he shoot me? Shoot me he would—chest, shoulder, arm, head; I could not escape, did not hope to escape. Yet no matter where his ball ploughed (and I poignantly59 felt it enter and sear me) my final bullet would end the match. Also, I argued my rights in the business; argued them before my father and mother, before the camp, before the world.
These thoughts which precede a certain duel60 to the death are not inspiring thoughts; since then I have learned that other men, even practiced gun-men, have had the same trepidation61 to the instant of pulling weapon.
Daniel charged in for us. I did not touch revolver butt62; he did not. My Lady lifted chin, to receive him. My eyes, fastened upon him, noted4 her, and noted, beyond us, the spying visages of the camp folk, all turned our way, transfixed and agog63.
He barked first at her.
“Go whar yu belong, yu Jezebel! Then I’ll tend to this——” The rabid epithet64 leveled at me I shall not repeat.
She straightened whitely.
“Be careful what you say, Daniel. No man on this earth can speak to me like that.”
“Can’t, can’t he? I kin33 an’ I do. Why yu—yu—yu reckon yu kin shame me ’fore that hull68 train? Yu sneak69 out this-away, meetin’ this spindle-shank, no-’count States greenie who hain’t sense enough to swing a bull whip an’ ain’t man enough to draw a gun? I’ve told yu an’ I’m done tellin’ yu. Now yu git. I’ve stood yore fast an’ loose plenty. I mean business. Git! Whar yu’ll be safe. I’ll not hold off much longer.”
“You threaten me?”
Her blue eyes were blazing above a spot of color in either cheek—with a growl70 he took a step, so that she shrank from his clutching hand, its scarred, burly fingers outcurved. And the time, perhaps the very moment had arrived. I must, I must.
“No more of that, you brute,” I uttered, while my pounding heart flooded me with a cold, tingling71 stream. “If you have anything to say, say it to me.”
He whirled.
“Yu! Why, yu leetle piece o’ nothin’—yu shut up!” By sudden reach he gripped her arm; to her sharp, short scream he thrust her about.
“Git! I’m boss hyar.” And at me: “What yu goin’ to do? She’s promised to me. I’m takin’ keer of her; she’s rode on my wagon72; an’ naow yu think to toll73 her off? Yu meet her ag’in right under my nose arter I’ve warned yu? Git, yoreself, or I’ll stomp74 on yu like on a louse.”
Absolutely, hot tears of mortification75, of bitter injury, showed in his glaring eyes. He was but a big boy, after all.
“Our meeting here was entirely76 by accident,” I answered. “Mrs. Montoyo had no expectation of seeing me, nor I of seeing her. You’re making a fool of yourself.”
He burst, red, quivering, insensate.
“Yu’re a liar77! Yu’re a sneakin’, thievin’ liar, like all Gentiles. Yu’re both o’ yu liars78. What’s she?” And he spoke10 it, raving79 with insult. “But I’ll tame her. She’ll be snatched from yu an’ yore kind. We’ll settle naow. Yu’re a liar, I say. Yu gonna draw on me? Draw, yu Gentile dog; for if I lay hands on yu once——”
“Look out!” she gasped80 tensely. But she had spoken late. That cold blood which had kept me in a tremor81 and a wonderment, awaiting his pistol muzzle82, exploded into a seethe83 of heat almost blinding me. I forgot instructions, I disregarded every movement preliminary to the onset84, I remembered only the criminations and recriminations culminating here at last. Bullets were too slow and easy. I did not see his revolver, I saw but the hulk of him and the intolerable sneer of him, and that his flesh was ready to my fingers. And quicker than his hand I was upon him, into him, climbing him, clinging to him, arms binding85 him, legs twining around his, each ounce of me greedy to crush him down and master him.
The shock drove him backward. Again My Lady screamed shortly; the children screamed. He proved very strong. Swelling86 and tugging87 and cursing he broke one grip, but I was fast to him, now with guard against his holstered gun. We swayed and staggered, grappling hither and thither88. I had his arms pinioned89 once more, to bend him. He spat90 into my face; and shifting, set his teeth into my shoulder so that they champed like the teeth of a horse, through shirt and hide to the flesh. I raised him; his boots hammered at my shins, his knee struck me in the stomach and for an instant I sickened. Now I tripped him; we toppled together, came to the ground with a thump91. Here we churned, while he flung me and still I stuck. The acrid92 dust of the alkali enveloped93 us. Again he spat, fetid—I sprawled94 upon him, smothering95 his flailing96 arms; gave him all my weight and strength; smelled the sweat of him, snarled97 into his snarling98 face, close beneath mine.
Once he partially99 freed himself and buffeted100 me in the mouth with his fist, but I caught him—while struggling, tossed and upheaved, dimly saw that as by a miracle we were surrounded by a ring of people, men and women, their countenances101 pale, alarmed, intent. Voices sounded in a dull roar.
Presently I had him crucified: his one outstretched arm under my knees, his other arm tethered by my two hands, my body across his chest, while his legs threshed vainly. I looked down into his bulging102 crooked103 eyes, glaring back presumably into my eyes, and might draw breath.
“’Nuf? Cry ‘’Nuf,’” I bade.
“’Nuf! Say ‘’Nuf,’” echoed the crowd.
He strained again, convulsive; and relaxed.
“’Nuf!” he panted through bared teeth. “Lemme up, Mister.”
“This settles it?”
With quick movement I sprang clear of him, to my feet. He lay for a moment, baleful, and slowly scrambled105 up. On a sudden, as he faced me, his hand shot downward—I heard the surge and shout of men and women, to the stunning106 report of his revolver ducked aside, felt my left arm jerk and sting—felt my own gun explode in my hand (and how it came there I did not know)—beheld him spin around and collapse107; an astonishing sight.
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