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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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of cattle took upthe long trail to Trini-dad with Sixteen andthe gun fighter andWebb Ball doing thehonors. Afterwards WebbBall swore that he could not rememberwho had begun the conversation on thatthird night out from Lazy J. Sometimeshe was sure it had been Sixteen, and atother times he was just as positive it hadbeen himself. But one thing was fixedin his memory for all time—that Sixteenwas a clever man at telling a story. On that third night the herd hadbeen driven down into a shallow cross-ing of the Purgatory River at a pointtwenty miles from Trinidad. The threemen had made their camp upon a pieceof sloping bank at the waters edge,from where they could keep a watchfuleye on the cattle. A cool wind sweptthe sparse leaves of the river timber andsighed in its journey up the valley to-ward the foothills. The camp firescheer had lured the men into the circleof its light. Ball thought that Trinidad, beingnear, had forced itself into the thoughtsof all. Still, being a truthful man, he
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THE GLITTER OF HIS HEAVY SIXES WAS MET BY THEFLAME SPURT OF SIXTEENs HEAVY REVOLVER. would not swear to the words. He re-membered becoming attentive to Sixteenwhen the latter began to relate the taleof Lanky. Lanky was of Trinidad. Lanky, said Sixteen, was a rustlerof cattle. They say he was the slickestman that ever cut out a bunch of stock.I done hearn tell of him way down inthe Pecos district, before I came here. The gun fighter smiled mirthlesslyacross the fire. Texas is plumb quick on hearinthings, he said. Yes. Sixteen settled himself on anelbow, stretching out languidly to takethe heat of the fire. Yes. Texas issome quick. But I reckon Lanky couldhave give Texas pointers on quickness.Hung out in Trinidad—sometimes.Lived in La Junta mostly. La Juntastwo-gun man he was. A man that comedown to Texas told me he was the slow-est lightning flash on two legs. Wasntno tellin how quick he could git his 564 THE OUTING MAGAZINE guns out. You seen him? he ques-tioned of the gun fighter.

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