J. Allan Dunn

Name: Doom Canyon — Chapter III.
Author: J. Allan Dunn

Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

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“Doom Canyon — Chapter III.”, published in 1925, is a work by J. Allan Dunn. It explores elements such as Bramley, Lobo and roan.

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ The gap through which he had descended to the ravine was higher up than he and Bramley had come after the cattle and, even from a short distance, no one would have suspected any such exit. Even when one faced it, it did not look practical. At the end of the gorge the cascade streamed down the closing cliff like an old man's wispy beard and a cool breeze came down the ravine. The roan cropped eagerly at the scanty grass. There was driftwood that must have been brought down from the heights and there were storm-water marks at various elevations. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ He could have done with a good jolt of whisky, he told himself, as he pulled out an ancient pipe—better to smoke after dark without a fire than cigarettes—filled it and puffed away, the roan daintily finishing its grass and resignedly making the most of it.
Strong was stiff and sore and his arm throbbed painfully but he did not feel like sleep though he needed it. There was nothing but rock in the defile and the finding of a comfortable bed was impossible. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ The raiders had a long start, but he did not expect to overtake them, to even let them know he was on their trail.
One-handed as he was they might well overcome him. It was practically a certainty that they would. He wanted to make sure. If he could follow their sign to Doom Cañon then all his belief would crystallize into proof that could not be ignored. He had still to show that Lobo was the director of the raid but he let that rest. The man who had killed Bramley as he lay held under his horse—he would kill him as surely as the sun was in the heavens. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ The roan noticed the difference. Strong's voice was crisp and cold and stern. He did not talk to his mount as he usually did when they were alone, but rode silent save for a few syllables of command.
The trail was as easy to follow at first for Strong as the green line on a subway passage to a commuter. It did not make directly toward the main pass between the two ranges, Huecos and Cornudas, but that did not trouble him. Sooner or later it would swerve that way. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ They were cowards. None but a coward at heart would have planned such a thing, none but cowards would have carried it out—none but cowards would have quit as they did the moment the shooting proved too fast for them. They had killed Bramley, wounded Strong. The vaqueros charged but they would not have stood against similar tactics.
If Lobo and his men were ever up against a strong combination, Strong believed that they would quit. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ The eastern spurs of the Huecos and mounting mesa-lands toward which he was rapidly advancing, eating up mile after mile on a trot, had plenty of rim rock over which they could travel and which would leave no hoof trace. Then he would have to go more slowly. After dark it was probable that he would have to make a dry camp and wait till daylight to pick up the almost invisible sign.
He was too late to try and cut in ahead of them and wait for them as they entered Doom Cañon. While such procedure might not sufficiently establish proof, it would inevitably lead to a fight. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ One wounded man in a country where wood was as scarce as this one, where it would have to be climbed for, would not have bothered to build a fire so close to home. But there was no spark and he made his way back again to where the roan nickered softly in welcome and reproach at having been left alone. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ Perro has howl all last night and all day he lie an' watch—watch weeth head on paws. This night he howl some more. Where is Señor Bramley? You do not speak—an' you are wounded! Where is he? He is dead?”
Strong nodded, started to enter and staggered against the wall. The stout and sturdy old woman caught at him, steadied him.
“Lobo has done this thing. I say yes. Señor, you are seek. Maria weel make you well an' then we weel avenge. You do not know what Señor Bramley do for Maria. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Doom Canyon — Chapter III. (1925)

“ He knew by now that there were always lookouts at the mouth of the cañon, that it was guarded a little way inside its mouth by a fence too heavy for wire cutters to demolish, moored in sockets in the solid rock in which anchors were fixed in molten lead, the fence entered by a securely padlocked gate. ”

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