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All Janes had was a gliure that crossed the street in the wake of the buggy He was sure Calder had been positioned somewhere close to the alley It had to be him

Giles had got it in the leg and couldn’t possibly run The other three were up the street

He hadsearch of the shadohere Calder had to be hiding and decided he had to be using the rain barrel It hadn’t occurred to Janes to warn Reynolds that Calder had made it to this side of the street His sole interest had centered on getting rid of Calder, then Giles

There was a gap between the two buildings behind Janes just wide enough for a thin h He had faded into it to slip around the building so he could slip up on Calder from the side

He had circled the building and was sneaking up the side when he heard the sudden sharp exchange of gunfire and the thud of a body falling He paused to listen, guessing that it had been Reynolds who got it

With his left arainst the building and slid the revolver into his holster, reaching for the spare gun in his waistband Across the street, he saw Bull Giles standing sideways behind an upright post, but he couldn’t see where any of the others were

Benteen didn’t have the vantage of Bull Giles’s position At first Bull wasn’t certain the outline he saw at the corner of the building was a h hied to Lo to sneak up behind Benteen

Bull’s glance swept back to Calder, wondering if he are he was being stalked froh Bull suspected he didn’t He opened hiscame out

If Benteen died, Lorna would be aThe ugly thought ca himself

He had left it too late for a warning Janes was co away from the corner shadow to make his ambush of Calder

Benteen began to inch along the side of the building, his ears straining for sounds other than the loudness of his own breathing and the rush of blood through his veins There was a sudden movement across the street as Bull stepped fro himself

“Janes!” Bull shouted the challenge and fired

A gun cracked behind Benteen, and he whirled to face Loht of Lorna and houn kick up fro The barrel steadied on hiain as Benteen fired the second time and heard his shot strike home

There was a quick, sh his eyes as he began to tip backward He fell against the rain barrel and slowly slid to the ground

The echoes of the shots faded away and the street becaue ran deep into his bones With the pistol still in his hand, Benteen gripped his left ar froered into the street Dully he are of people filtering cautiously out of buildings, but all he wanted was to go home—to Lorna