J. Allan Dunn

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

Doom Canyon — Chapter VII (1925)

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

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

“ At its head was the cliff down which rushed the fall from mysterious sources that only the eagle and the buzzard knew—a never failing supply.
At its foot was a smooth-lipped outlet between low ledges where the creek commenced, coming out with oily smoothness in one surging wave. It was all streaked with foam and dark with suggestion of slippery sides tunneling down to the bottom. Man and horse, or man alone, once in that whirling pool, would be, one could imagine, like a rat in a bucket. ”

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

“ Josefa had not been able to tell him more about the nature, of the back way that led out from the mesa and through which Lobo convoyed his Chinese in from beyond the Mexican line. It was no wonder he could fling his gold across the cantina bars and gaming tables with such an inexhaustible supply of the smuggled Orientals willing to pay high so that, in the forbidden country, they could make in a few years' effort the fortune denied them in their own land after the toil of a lifetime. ”

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

“ Use of the explosive must be a last resort for fear it might warn those within.
He figured that he should have a good hour before the posse could reach the cañon. That would take Lobo's forces to the front at the first alarm. They would leave the girl—she might yet be unharmed.
The beach widened, the horses quickened their pace automatically. They sensed well enough the urge that communicated itself to them through the sympathy between them and their masters. Hurley brought his mount up even with the roan. ”

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

“ Git them torches goin' an' each grab one. Anything you see looks like it might be the place, holler out.”
Now the night was lighted by the flaring torches flinging a ruddy light on the cliff, reflected in the swift water like streaks of blood. They crossed the stream in the saddle, holding the kerosene-soaked wood high, examining every foot of wall from water line to as high as they could throw the glare. They searched for sign of ledge or trail, downstream as far as the creek bed could be waded and then up, where the boulders were not so large and the going easier. ”

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

“ Strong rode in an agony of mind whenever he thought of what might be happening—what might have happened—to the girl, an agony that dulled his brain while it flooded it with hot, swift-moving blood and brought a red mist before his eyes. ”

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

“ Strong rode back to the end of the beach where the rest stood about a fire they had kindled which flung their shadows grotesquely about. He took a fresh torch and kindled it, dismounted, selecting a long branch from the drift they had brought together for their fire.
“Have you found somethin'?” asked Hurley half-heartedly.
“Not yet. But thar's sure one funny thing. The bottom of thet crick is all-fired level up thar close to the pool. My hawss don't like it, but it's mostly on account of all thet water tumblin' down in front of him an' the pool looks bad. I ain't so dead sure it is. ”

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

“ With a back door, thet would be perfect, an' the big fence an' gate an' all across the entrance to Doom Cañon would make you think sure thet was the only way in or out.
“We're likely to meet them backin' up if we don't work our passage quick. If Uncle Sam once gits goin', them cavalry sojers'll stay with the job till it's ended. Likely they'll tote a field piece along. I wish thet moon would rise a li'le earlier. Sure moves slow, don't it, when you're watchin'?”
Strong did not answer. He was watching for landmarks in the dark, wondering what they should look for in the cliff. ”

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

“ And they searched in a silence, save for the creek, the fall, the crackle of the torches, that momentarily seemed to close in about them in the lonely gorge.
“It sure beats me,” said Hurley at last. “I reckon thet fella Rudd must have been stringin' yore gal, Miguel. If they git beyond thet cliff I figger they've got to fly or else they're like the chap in the story I read when I was a kid, who come to the robber's cave an' says 'sesame,' or somethin' like thet, an' the rock rolled open an' in he goes to pick di'monds off the trees. Hell!” ”

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

“ It's thet way in the Mogollon. Lots of caves, you see, thet get gradually connected up by the water. Suthin' happened thet a way, likely, between the time them Injuns was massacred an' the time Lobo goes round lookin' for a likely place to run his chinks. ”

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