The Saga of Henry Plummer Book 1 by Sven Skaar (PH 3-1) (1959) (97 pages)

™ ———————— rougniy a thousand dollars. Ife mor Woodruff had waited one ce, day before coming to the cffi a posted he would have collected ; i $10,000. , now ars doll y fift you: give “Tl in ph Dol Big e hav I fifty when the irons and a hundred when .” bars ind beh is g gan the of rest and Barclay stacked two twenties the one ten dollar gold coin on desk. While waiting for the man to take them; he estimated how much the acceptance of the sum would save his company: The in vestigation was now costing a bout $200 a day. Without Woodruff’s information, it might take three weeks longer to, solve the arcase and each day’s delay jeop verdized the chances of ever reco 000. $80, en ing the stol of Pretending to need a sheaf es, piec gold the er und g lyin rs pape to Barclay pushed them cleser the man’s hand. In an offhand glance, he noticed Woodruff relax his grip on the edge of the desk. He was breaking. When his fingers finally closed on the coins, Barclay asked, “Where do I find Big Dolph Newton?” Used General Store “Clem North keeps a general store out on the Mormon Island road. North don’t know it but the gang uses it for a meetin’ place. Newton goes there every night at six hopin’ to see Dick Barter or to get word from him. He rides in on the little-used lower river trait,-comin*-frum tho: ‘direction of the old quarry” “The gang must know then that Barter and Cy Skinner broke jail in Auburn?” “Sure, but only I know they went to San Francisco. I met Barter when he came lookin’ for ithe boys. I told him about the murder of Mexican Frank and he was afraid to stop here.” “Why should he be looking for the gang? Didn’t he know where es Nee aa “They'd moved to a new hi out the day Frank was killed MAE didn’t he go to North's eS cs a it was too risky. ee OO hide“Can you take me to the . 3 out?” it re whe out nd “Tt haven’t fou w.” is yet. I've told all I kno up. ““You tain Barclay stood Cap ed the can go then.” He pocket h it, oug thr ing str the with bullet. .” He and added. “I'll keep this ris n; pla d goo 4 , now n pla a had plan in ky, true, but so was every of huntthe dangerous business ing dangerous killers. Spends Time on Disguise . ly . Captain Barclay was fair certain that Dolph Newton had never seen him; nevertheless he had put a great deal of time into disguising himself and preparing for the role he would play at Clem North’s store; it was late. afternoon as he rode alone out on the Mormon Island trail. So close to supper time, it was de lserted, and only one horse \Big Dolph’s no doubt -stood tied to the store’s hitching-rail when he reached the place. He slung the reins about the rail and went in, a4 The man behind the counter must be North and the large fellow talking with him Dolph} . Newton. Barclay swaggered forward, ! eagerly, boisterously, paying no} attention to Big Dolph, and banged !a handful of spurious maps, claimlocation-notices and Wells Fargo bullion receipts to the counter. “T own the richest damned mine on the river,” he boasted, ‘Look at them bullion receipts. And I’ve been only scratching around, mis ter! If I wing-dam the river I'll get to the heavy nuggets in deep channel; I'll give you half of the mine for grubstakin’ me!” North pushed the papers aside} without looking at them. “I get! ten propositions like this every’ bloomin’ day. Not interested.” “But man, you don’t understan’. You're refusin’ ‘a fortune!’ cried Rene Ave Quickly he maneuvered ithe stringed bullet into his cupped hand, shielding the motion from: ithe storekeeper’s view. “I tell ‘you them papers’re legal, signed vand stamped.” He swept . them up and held them in front of Big Dolph, at the same time turning

™ ———————— rougniy a thousand dollars. Ife mor Woodruff had waited one ce, day before coming to the cffi a posted he would have collected ; i $10,000. , now ars doll y fift you: give “Tl in ph Dol Big e hav I fifty when the irons and a hundred when .” bars ind beh is g gan the of rest and Barclay stacked two twenties the one ten dollar gold coin on desk. While waiting for the man to take them; he estimated how much the acceptance of the sum would save his company: The in vestigation was now costing a bout $200 a day. Without Woodruff’s information, it might take three weeks longer to, solve the arcase and each day’s delay jeop verdized the chances of ever reco 000. $80, en ing the stol of Pretending to need a sheaf es, piec gold the er und g lyin rs pape to Barclay pushed them cleser the man’s hand. In an offhand glance, he noticed Woodruff relax his grip on the edge of the desk. He was breaking. When his fingers finally closed on the coins, Barclay asked, “Where do I find Big Dolph Newton?” Used General Store “Clem North keeps a general store out on the Mormon Island road. North don’t know it but the gang uses it for a meetin’ place. Newton goes there every night at six hopin’ to see Dick Barter or to get word from him. He rides in on the little-used lower river trait,-comin*-frum tho: ‘direction of the old quarry” “The gang must know then that Barter and Cy Skinner broke jail in Auburn?” “Sure, but only I know they went to San Francisco. I met Barter when he came lookin’ for ithe boys. I told him about the murder of Mexican Frank and he was afraid to stop here.” “Why should he be looking for the gang? Didn’t he know where es Nee aa “They'd moved to a new hi out the day Frank was killed

MAE didn’t he go to North's eS cs a it was too risky. ee OO hide“Can you take me to the . 3 out?” it re whe out nd “Tt haven’t fou w.” is yet. I've told all I kno up. ““You tain Barclay stood Cap ed the can go then.” He pocket h it, oug thr ing str the with bullet. .” He and added. “I'll keep this ris n; pla d goo 4 , now n pla a had plan in ky, true, but so was every of huntthe dangerous business ing dangerous killers. Spends Time on Disguise . ly . Captain Barclay was fair certain that Dolph Newton had never seen him; nevertheless he had put a great deal of time into disguising himself and preparing for the role he would play at Clem North’s store; it was late. afternoon as he rode alone out on the Mormon Island trail. So close to supper time, it was de lserted, and only one horse \Big Dolph’s no doubt -stood tied to the store’s hitching-rail when he reached the place. He slung the reins about the rail and went in, a4 The man behind the counter must be North and the large fellow talking with him Dolph} . Newton. Barclay swaggered forward, ! eagerly, boisterously, paying no} attention to Big Dolph, and banged !a handful of spurious maps, claimlocation-notices and Wells Fargo bullion receipts to the counter. “T own the richest damned mine on the river,” he boasted, ‘Look at them bullion receipts. And I’ve been only scratching around, mis ter! If I wing-dam the river I'll get to the heavy nuggets in deep channel; I'll give you half of the mine for grubstakin’ me!” North pushed the papers aside} without looking at them. “I get! ten propositions like this every’ bloomin’ day. Not interested.” “But man, you don’t understan’. You're refusin’ ‘a fortune!’ cried Rene Ave Quickly he maneuvered ithe stringed bullet into his cupped hand, shielding the motion from: ithe storekeeper’s view. “I tell ‘you them papers’re legal, signed vand stamped.” He swept . them up and held them in front of Big Dolph, at the same time turning