“My pleasure,” replied the Captain. “I like to do what I can to keep you boys in business.”
Ferguson smiled and ordered his detail to head back to the fort.
They proceeded from the dock, uphill back toward the fort. LaLonde and Johnson were watching intently for trouble. Ferguson, McCann and James were waiting for their confederates to put in an appearance. As they approached a cluster of pines, two men stepped out. It was dark and their faces couldn’t be made out, but there was no mistaking the g*n barrels.
Ferguson said, a little indignantly, “It’s about time you two got here.”
He then turned to LaLonde and Johnson. “Kill these two here and then make it look like we put up a struggle.” The look on Johnson and LaLonde’s faces went from surprise to bewilderment. It took a few moments f
