The Sweep Winner
s Craig Bellshaw. He lives at Mintaro, a big homestead
ed. She smiled. No, she did not kn
someone like him
head. She di
Soo's shop. He came out again in about a quarter o
n would have expected to see him in. He told Bill what had happened.
ddenly and returned to Mintaro, where he arrived unexpectedly. He found everything going on as usual. Garry Backham
u went into his place the day he left, and handed it
is a shifty customer. If I'd left him in charge he mig
urprised when I told him I didn
y gr
didn't know.
looked hard
r's dead,"
haw s
he exc
Shot throug
did
s buried, and so far as that goes it's done with, but he was
What's the good of kicking
cleared out fr
are t
gh and Ji
hem. They were rott
He's been one too many
e that broke the fencing down. He complained that I ought to have them
eggars," replied Garry. "I fancy Glen Leigh and Ji
at's why they ha
Don'
g to do with it; I wi
two back it was best l
I'd like to put a halt
you any str
be told him a good many things about Mintaro. Ca
Abe wouldn't spar
He'd tell a lot of infernal l
you send men away. You were not
e it. He robbed m
e did. I told yo
de an impat
sorry when you're gone, Garry. You've be
orry to get away from Mintaro. There
laughed
were soft, or chicke
o know what became of th
e I was tired of her, and that she was goi
o to Sydne
es
e's the
es
er, I suppose,
she's with. Sh
you took her to S
w glare
d I take her?" h
whe
you mean
bout here. One woman
the arm in a fierce g
ll make it hot for
nched him
, if other people are," he cried. "You lent me the money to buy Bill
lshaw sta
and he pointed to the wide ve
inking he must have been doing it heavy in
ying to laugh it off. "So you say I ha
d not take her to Sydn
e," roared
d you know it. W
s my a
few hundreds. I'll bet them you
What the deuce have yo
now you travelled to Sydn
l, do you expect I'd travel i
o glad to have gone anywhere with her a
d of my company. She behaved badly.
I don't think she ever forgave, or forgot, how she
t tr
rugged, or something, when she came. Why it was more than a week before she found out wh
s safe enough now. Don't b
uld have done so if I'd had the pluck, but you bought me
N
ou like it or not-I think
up to him in a th
s revolver. "I found this near the big w
ief and a piece of ri
Bellsh
ved her in. She'd starve, die of thirst, go mad wandering about. It would have been more merciful to strangle her. I saw her tracks for some distance
I'd be mighty glad, for I feel as though I had a hand in it. When I saw her drive away with you something told me you meant mischief,
Bellshaw quietly. His
gh, and you know the
ense for all I have done for you. However, I bear
it?" as
you know I'm not a man to be cowed, that I do not fear you, or any other man, nor what you say, or do. Listen to me, Garry Backham. There are men round Mintaro who will do my bidding for money, no matter what it is I
t he had the men to do what he willed. He believed the accusat
t that money, Mr.
ing it you, n
es
on yourself,"