PT.6
Mistaken Identity
Sheridan’s Men ,…spread out wide …in search of
Kitty,...while Jay Sheridan, followed
Matt and Festus’ Riding along-side Matt ,… Marshal are you sure you’re up to
this ride ? That shoulder looks bad!
Matt just glanced over at him… and said,…I’m up for this as long as
Kitty is out there and needs me…My help!
Matt,… Again I want to say , I’m sorry for any way I may be responsible
for this…whoever these fools may be … I guess just seeing me with Miss
Russell……I,….I mean I ……Look Sheridan,..
let’s just find Kitty! Matt said riding
ahead. He was annoyed with this man . and the thought that he had his hands on
or around Kitty!
After riding for quite some time,….The Cowhands … spotted
horse tracks , leading up to The old sawmill…. As they rode in… they could see
the swinging doors… one of the young men , Jack,…jumped down … telling the
others to wait…. As he checked they Mill… he made his way inside… while the
others looked around the property… they
began talking amongst themselves,… Hey why do you think they took Miss
Kitty? one asked the others… why I hear it .. Mister Sheridan got a note
saying someone had Misses Sheridan and wanted a large amount of Money .. for
her return,.. turns out,.. they grabbed Miss Kitty instead…. Thenone of the Men
,Joe, in response,… Well come to think of it…
The Misses and Miss Kitty could
pass for sister’s? and Conner says Miss
Kitty was riding out by the ranch….
Well we’d better keep looking?
Jack, pulled open the door of the Mill,… and began looking around… just
as he was ready to turn and leave ,.. he saw a Boots .. sticking out from
behind a small wall… slowly approaching it … only to see Wes!... he was lying
face down … bleeding from the head.. as he flipped him over ,… Hey man what
happened? Only to realize he wasn’t
moving! Then Yelled out Hey In Here
quick! When the other men came in a
hurry,… What’cha find?… Jack what’cha find?… is it not finishing his
question,…. Nah ,.. but this fella’s Dead!
Looks like somebody wacked him good in the head? Jack took a piece of cloth, hanging on a side
post and covered over Wes’ body We can come back later and bury this poor fella’ let get back to finding
Miss Kitty!
As she Jumped , Kitty realized it was bout’ a ten foot
drop,.. luckily the water she landed in was deeper then she thought,..But
Extremely Cold , especially for August. she landed hard and was being pulled by
the current…..trying to get her bearings,.. and catch her breath… she tried not fighting the water,.. and just
going with it… but just hitting the water from that distance,.. was like
hitting the ground… at the same time she began yelling for help…. Not sure if
there was anyone in earshot that would hear her…. She was getting quickly
exhausted…..Harley and Eb, saw her go over the side,…Whoa, Eb said as he
watched…. If she’s still alive… she has to be real injured… and she just might
drown…. We better git down there and
find ‘er Harley ... how you think she got herself away from ol’ Wes? Eb, I don’t know but he’ll be hotter than
coal fire if she git’s away! So they
tried finding a way to get down to the water…..
Kitty was still trying to make her way to the river side…
but the exhaustion, was taking over .. she went under several times……grabbing
at branches and anything that passed her by…..
Festus’ riding ahead of Matt and Sheridan,…. Found what he
thought might have been fairly resent tracks…. They were halfway between the
river and The Sawmill…. Matthew !
Matthew!... looky here…. Them there markin’s in the dirt them ‘s is Feet
marks… and Little one at that…..ya’ think mebe
Miz kitty could ‘a been this’a way?
Don’t know Festus’ but … we gotta’ follow them… Matt answered. Matthew
these’a here ones look perty fresh…. But, looks’a like whoever made um’ was ‘a
sliding or fell Sum…..? I’ma gonna
follow um’ Matthew !,.. don’t you worry your own self Matthew I’m ‘a gonna find
Miz kitty or I’ma not a true Hagen!... A Hagen can track down most anything …
people too!
Festus’ rode Ruth up ahead … following the foot tracks… But began getting nervous, when he saw they
lead to a cliff…..
Jack and the other Men,… rode out following the tracks they
saw …leading away from the Mill….. Hey fella’s … look… someone’s on foot!...
Joe , one of the men,… responded,.. yeah, and a small someone at that!... ya’
think maybe that character back there , was the one that had Miss Kitty ?...
and maybe she found a way out?.... Jack looked over at him,… if it is her,.. she did a Damn good job at
..gettin’ away from him…..! slowly, they
were working their way to where Matt and Sheridan were….. Sheridan began yelling out … for Kitty… Miss
Russell!... Miss Russell if you can hear us … yell out? Jack and the men could hear Sheridan’s
voice… so could Harley and Eb…….
As Harley and Eb … made their way down to the side of the
river,… they started towards the water
.. Eb Stopped…. Whoa !.. if she’s in here
… the Lady is gonna be Colddddd! Ahhh
,Just git in there and see if ya see ‘er!
Harley said ,… annoyed with Eb’s complaining . Don’t see you in here Harley? Think she’s a good swimmer? Eb asked.
Don’t matter in current like this….
As they were debating who was gonna get in the water,.. Festus’ came …riding up… seeing them by the river’s edge…..
TBC
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