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Breathing hard, Roy thought, darn it all Roy, you're not twenty any for a few e On the east end of town, Roy spotted two ridersthe second street from the main road Roy bent over and ran toward the front of the building He hid behind the parapet front façade and he saw another pair ofthe second street fro their way toward the edown the main road with two other riders Seven ht

Roy quickly eneral store which placed hionally across from the bank He stayed hidden behind the façade and waited Frank tried the bank doorknob, but it was locked In a swiftthe door and glass into pieces Roy thought he heard soe of the parapet wall Roy chuckled You're such girl Buddy You're locked inside the bank vault with handcuffs Roy watched Dix and two other men enter the bank

Roy sat down but took his rifle and quietly pulled the ha position I'll wait until they come out It seemed like an eternity but Roy did not want to jeopardize his hiding position, so he resisted the urge to look over the edge again Roy strained to hear any sounds, but the voices wereup into the sky, Roy could see that dark clouds were building from the south, in the direction of the Gulf of Mexico Roy shook his head Years past, those clouds ht

I on wood and then an enor that he would betray his position, Roy rose up and peered over the wall Dix had tied a rope to the bars of the vault door and the other end to the horn of his saddle Galloping hard out of the bank, when the rope tightened the bank safe bars ripped off the walls Well, somy money safe in this bank Roy witnessed Dix ride out the bank's front door dragging the da the rope from the twisted bars, Frank made a noose at one end and walked back into the bank A few seconds later he and Henry dragged Buddy out with the rope tightly coiled around Buddy's neck Darn it all, Roy thought The two men pulled so hard that Buddy fell down, but they continued to drag him into the street since his hands were still handcuffed Lashing the noose over a bea out froled to lift Buddy off the ground by his neck Buddy screale