Last Stand At Papago Wells (1957) - Plot & Excerpts
The shotgun was aimed at Kimbrough and the range was no more than thirty feet. "You drop that gun, Mister Kimbrough, and you drop it now. You make yourself a move and I'll cut your head off. The second barrel goes for him." She jerked her head to indicate Zimmerman. "And if you don't think I'll do it, you just hold that pistol until I count two. One, t--" Kimbrough backed up, his face sullen. "You better not go to sleep, Cates," he said. "If you do, I'll kill you." "When he's asleep," Junie said, "I'll be awake, mister." As they moved away, Cates turned to Junie Hatchett. "Thanks," he said simply. She glanced at him. "If anybody can get us out of here," she said, "it'll be you." Jennifer looked after her as the girl returned to the fire. "I see what you meant," Jennifer said. "There is iron in her." She hesitated. "Do you think she would have shot Grant?" Cates nodded grimly. "She'd have shot him. She would have done just what she said she would, and what's more, they both knew it. Her finger was taking up slack when he dropped that pistol." "I can't understand it." Jennifer said, frowning.
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