* * *ย The ranger stepped inside the door, his big Colt in hand, his eyes making a quick sweep across the room. โIโm acting Federal Marshal Sam Burrack,โ he said, loud enough to be heard, but in a calm even voice. โIโm arresting Jack Spain for participating in a stagecoach robbery in Arizonaย Territory last fall.โ He paused, his thumb across theย hammer of his Colt, ready to cock it.
ย ย ย โAnd Iโm U.S. Marshal Pete Summers,โ said a voice. From against the bar, a young man stepped back to the middle of the floor, swinging a sawed-off shotgun up from under his long riding duster. Looking straight at Ned Rose, Summers asked, โDoes everybody understand us?โย * * *ย
*Preview of Ralph Cotton'sย Blue Star Tattooย at the end of this book.