The Rage: An Old West Story
By FARY SJ OROH
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The girl from Louisiana had all the heroes of the frontier to choose from. But she picked as her guide into peril country
the man who had left her brother in the redskins' path...
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The Rage - FARY SJ OROH
CHAPTER I
Tomahawk Flashed Down
MITCH DOOM was tall, spare, and wide-shouldered. He was hard as iron and as tireless as a wolf. His buckskins were stained with smoke and dirt. His dark, pockmarked face seemed to have the same leathery quality as his hunting-shirt, and his gray eyes hinted smoulderingly of an untamed spirit.
Squatting against the back wall, inside the half-dark trappers’ cabin, Doom stared at Tim Idleman.
I’ve been trappin’ and huntin’ in these mountains for a long time, Tim,
Doom said in a harsh voice, and I never saw it fail. The red devils ‘ll be comin’ into West Park right away now, lookin’ for trappers that didn’t have sense enough to get out with their catch soon as the passes open up.
Tim Idleman was nearly as tall as Mitch Doom, and he was dressed much the same; but his face was not as hard as Doom’s, nor his muscles as tough. Now his eyes had a sultry gleam.
You been bossin’ me and Bill all winter,
Idleman said, and that’s all right. You’re supposed to be the leader. We got eight hundred good furs, but they’s plenty more we ain’t got. I’ve trapped some myself, and I ain’t lookin’ for the Utes to bust in here for a month yet.
Mitch Doom’s smouldering eyes did not waver; his bleak face did not change expression. He said:
We got eight hundred furs. That’s a good catch. I’ve worked many a winter for less. I say now’s the time to get out.
The third member of their trapping team, young Bill Yelton, leaned against the wall across from Doom. This was only his second winter as a trapper. He said:
Mitch, we got the furs all cached where the Utes couldn’t find ‘ern if they did come. We could take a chance.
Doom shifted his glance to Yelton’s face. He spat.
We could take a chance,
he snapped. It’d be takin’ a chance too. If we stay here another week, we’re like to lose our furs and traps, and our hair, too. We’ve done stayed too long.
Tim Idleman shrugged. All right, Mitch. Let’s get our furs loaded on the hosses and head for Taos, then. But we’ll be losin’ by doin’ it.
Mitch Doom rose. In his belt he had a heavy knife and two single-shot pistols. His rifle leaned against the wall at his side, and he picked the gun up now. He said:
You boys better be gettin’ things ready. We’ll take in the rest of the traps tonight, and we’ll get the furs out of the cache and packed on the hosses. We’ll pull out in the mornin’.
He moved toward the door, walking with the mountain man’s effortless stride. I’m goin’ up the ridge and take a look around.
Neither of his pards answered, and Doom went outside. His slow glance moved around, studying the surroundings of the cabin. Varying from the Rocky Mountain trapper’s usual custom, Doom and his two friends had built a shelter of pine entirely above ground,