Slaughter's way (21 page)

Whirling their horses, the braves prepared to get away as fast as an Indian war pony could run. For all that, they scooped up their dead and wounded across their horses before going. Not one of the braves thought

of grabbing up the two medicine bags full of money which Tanaka had dropped when lifting his shotgun. To them ten thousand dollars meant nothing more Qian extra weight on a horse.

*Tliey won t be back,"* Alvord stated, coming from under the wagon s belly. ""Lost their chief, medicine's gone bad. Likely they'll sneak back on the reservation and behave for a spell.''

**I11 go collect the money,'* Slaughter replied. *WeTl take it, this wagonload of trouble and Hernandez's little toy, along to Fort McClellan.'*

'"Sure lucky for us this here's one of the new guns," Talking Bill remarked, removing the Catling gun's magazine. '"We couldn't've toted that one I used in the war on the back of a mule,"

^Tikely," Slaughter agreed. ^'Get the team hitched and let's pull out"

For all they had saved the arms from falling into Apache hands; and possibly saved their coimtry from an Indian uprising; Slaughter did not intend to waste time sitting aroimd talking. They still had a herd to deliver to market and he aimed to get it there on time. For that was Slaughter's way.

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J. T. Edson, bom in England in 1928, is something of a phenomenon in the paperback publishing world. Once a postman in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (where he still lives), he has become the most prolific (with 80 westerns to his credit) and bestselling British western writer. J. T. (John Thomas) Edson has never been to America, which may be the most amazing thing of all. He began writing in 1961, convinced that westerns at that time lacked adventure and detail. In spite of his vast output of novels, Mr. Edson only recently left the post office to write full-time—he used to work out his plots while making dehveries and then complete the writing in his spare time at home. Now, however, the enormous success of his books demands fuU-time attention, as his books annually surpass the million-copy sale both in England and abroad. Once married, but now separated from his wife and children, Mr. Edson usually completes a western in the span between 11 days (his record) and six weeks (his average time). His westemsjW hich averag ; e 12 prin cipa l killings per novelT /describe neither the physical "laetails of a violent death nor the intimacies of sex. The author is much more concerned with teUing a good story with plenty of action. J. T. has many hobbies: he is a keen fisherman, has 28 tanks of tropical fish and boasts a collection of 48 replicas of guns old and new. He finds that the presence of guns—even repHcas of Colts, Wiachesters and Derringers—creates the atmosphere in which he can best write his westerns.

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