An Old Friend And New Enemies Part 1
A Hayes Cooper Story told by Alex (Cahill) Walker
To Alex, Sydney, Gage and Trivette C.D's Bar And Grill was a place
to get together with friends and to have fun. Often sometimes Walker
and C.D would read some diaries of Walker's hero, Hayes Cooper. This
time Alex found a Hayes Cooper story and decided to read it. Like
watchful children they sat at the bar clinging onto Alex's every word
of the story.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
It was a cold day while the bounty hunter Hayes Cooper rode his
horse along the outskirts of a small Texas town called " Devil's Saw "
on the lookout for two thieves, Ben Gatenby and Jappy Thomas for
thefting town valuables and town property. Hayes had been offered a raw
deal of $500.00 to catch these thieves.
"Hey!" Hayes looked up as he heard a shout across the field then
saw a lady on a horse resembling a cowboy looking at him. The woman rode up
to Hayes Carrying on a conversation. " Say, what's a stranger like you
doin' out here?"
"I was jist gonna ask you the same." Said Hayes.
"I jist came out here fer some air." said the woman as she looked
over the horizon breathing in the fresh air. "It gits kinda crazy
in town listenin' to the people fightin' over nothin'."
"Devil's Saw, right?" Hayes asked. " I'm headin' there now."
"Need help gittin' there?" The woman asked.
"No."
"Y'know hwere it is?"
"Yup."
"What's yer name?"
"Cooper. Hayes Cooper."
"Lena Merchant."
"I'm headin' to town now."
"Kin I come?"
"Yup."
"Hungry?"
"Nope."
"Thirsty?"
"Nope."
"Let's go to the bar anyways."
"Ok."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"So who was Lena Merchant to Hayes?" Gage asked questioningly.
"You'll find out." Alex said. "Let me read this."
"Does Lena fall for Hayes?" Sydney interruped.
"Would you let me read this!?" Alex exclaimed.
"Sorry."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I jist came here to Devil's Saw about three days ago." Said
Lena. "I jist heard 'bout two chumps theftin' stuff from the town like
property an' stuff. Everybody sez' deys the sorriest piece of humanity
put on the planet."
"Any idea where they might be?" Hayes asked while drinking his beer
as he avoided to look at her face.
"Naw." Lena said as she shook her head. There was a moment of silence
between the two of them.
"Ya don't say too much, do ya?" Lena asked curiously.
"Ain't gotta." Said Hayes.
"Sure ya do." Lena said as she thought for a moment. "Y'know, what
you jist said made some kinda sense to me. A person kin say
everything without sayin' too much at all."
"I'm not much of a talker." Said Hayes.
"I guess I kin respect that." Said Lena. "So where ya from?"
"Other side of Texas." Hayes answered as he took another drink of
his beer. "Didcha ever see the two theives?"
"Now, Hayes," Started Lena. "If I don't know where they might be
I sure as hell never met em'. You seem awfully dadgummed interested
in meetin' em', ain't ya? What are ya? Some kinda law man?"
"Bounty hunter." Hayes said. "Got a $500.00 reward fer bringin' em'
in."
"Jeez' Louise!" Lena exclaimed. "That's a lot fer catchin' no
gooders."
"I'm goin to look fer em' now." Hayes announced while he stood up
finishing his beer.
"Mind if I join?" Asked Lena as her eyes opened wide with excite.
"Y'ain't gonna ask a bunch of queshiuns are ya?" Hayes trying
to keep his distance.
Hayes and Lena walked out of the bar with high hopes of finding
Ben and Jappy.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I'm glad I picked up this story." Said Alex as she paused from
her reading. "It's hard to believe this was way back in the 1880's.
So many things like this-"
"OK! OK!" Trivette interrupted. "Will you just hurry up and
read on?!"
"Ok! I'm reading."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Hayes and Lena rode the unexpected quietness along the serene open
fields taking in the sun's rays burning in their eyes. No words were
spoken. No glances were exchanged. Just the clacking of the horses'
feet lingered upon them. Just then out of nowhere gunfires were heard
in a dangerously close distance. When the culprits appeared over the
hills with guns in their hands Hayes gave two men direct hits with his
gun in their chests with one swift motion and Lena watched the other
three run off in a panicked state. Lena never expected to see a person
this swift and powerful. As she sat on her horse she stared at Hayes
simply amazed and overwhelmed. Within seconds she felt a rock hit her
on the arm and she shook herself out of her speechlessness.
"Whassamatta?" Hayes asked looking at her as if she were out of it.
"Nothin'." She said shaking her head astounded.
"Howd ya do that?" Lena asked.
"Practice." Hayes simply said.
Hayes and Lena headed back to the bar to get another drink and
Lena offered to ask for a room above the bar for Hayes but he refused
insisting he'd sleep under the stars.
"Ok, Why doncha want a room?" asked Lena. "Ya git a nice soft bed
to sleep in with one of those buckwheat pillers. Better'n' sleepin'
on dirt an' rocks, ain't it?"
"Don't feel right inside." Said Hayes. "Makes me feel like a sage
hen cooped up in a cage all night."
"You're one stranger fellah, y'know that?" Lena asked shaking her
head as she stood up. "I'm tired. I'm callin' it a night. G'nite."
"G'nite." Hayes said as he watched her go out the door and off
until he no longer could see her. A minute later he heard a scream
and few malicious sounding laughters. He rose from his seat and
strode outside to see what was. He noticed a blonde lady in the hands
of a group of what seemed to be young boys. Of course when he told
them to take a hike they had to put up a big fight. All Hayes had to
do was blow a spinning back kick into one of the boys' ribcage, a
quick jab in the jawbone and a cresent kick in the chest to see them
land on the other side of the dirt road.
As the lady straightened out her long beige dress she saw the boys
run off in shock and Hayes watched them go.
"You ok?" Hayes asked as he searched for a face.
"Yes, Thank you." The lady said as she looked up at Hayes then her
small smile disappeared. When she reconized his face she smiled from ear to
to ear. Hayes had finally cracked a smile for the first time since he
arrived at Devil's Saw.
"Kate Sullivan?" Hayes asked not sure what to say.
"Hayes Cooper." Kate smiled.
A Hayes Cooper Story told by Alex (Cahill) Walker
To Alex, Sydney, Gage and Trivette C.D's Bar And Grill was a place
to get together with friends and to have fun. Often sometimes Walker
and C.D would read some diaries of Walker's hero, Hayes Cooper. This
time Alex found a Hayes Cooper story and decided to read it. Like
watchful children they sat at the bar clinging onto Alex's every word
of the story.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
It was a cold day while the bounty hunter Hayes Cooper rode his
horse along the outskirts of a small Texas town called " Devil's Saw "
on the lookout for two thieves, Ben Gatenby and Jappy Thomas for
thefting town valuables and town property. Hayes had been offered a raw
deal of $500.00 to catch these thieves.
"Hey!" Hayes looked up as he heard a shout across the field then
saw a lady on a horse resembling a cowboy looking at him. The woman rode up
to Hayes Carrying on a conversation. " Say, what's a stranger like you
doin' out here?"
"I was jist gonna ask you the same." Said Hayes.
"I jist came out here fer some air." said the woman as she looked
over the horizon breathing in the fresh air. "It gits kinda crazy
in town listenin' to the people fightin' over nothin'."
"Devil's Saw, right?" Hayes asked. " I'm headin' there now."
"Need help gittin' there?" The woman asked.
"No."
"Y'know hwere it is?"
"Yup."
"What's yer name?"
"Cooper. Hayes Cooper."
"Lena Merchant."
"I'm headin' to town now."
"Kin I come?"
"Yup."
"Hungry?"
"Nope."
"Thirsty?"
"Nope."
"Let's go to the bar anyways."
"Ok."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"So who was Lena Merchant to Hayes?" Gage asked questioningly.
"You'll find out." Alex said. "Let me read this."
"Does Lena fall for Hayes?" Sydney interruped.
"Would you let me read this!?" Alex exclaimed.
"Sorry."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I jist came here to Devil's Saw about three days ago." Said
Lena. "I jist heard 'bout two chumps theftin' stuff from the town like
property an' stuff. Everybody sez' deys the sorriest piece of humanity
put on the planet."
"Any idea where they might be?" Hayes asked while drinking his beer
as he avoided to look at her face.
"Naw." Lena said as she shook her head. There was a moment of silence
between the two of them.
"Ya don't say too much, do ya?" Lena asked curiously.
"Ain't gotta." Said Hayes.
"Sure ya do." Lena said as she thought for a moment. "Y'know, what
you jist said made some kinda sense to me. A person kin say
everything without sayin' too much at all."
"I'm not much of a talker." Said Hayes.
"I guess I kin respect that." Said Lena. "So where ya from?"
"Other side of Texas." Hayes answered as he took another drink of
his beer. "Didcha ever see the two theives?"
"Now, Hayes," Started Lena. "If I don't know where they might be
I sure as hell never met em'. You seem awfully dadgummed interested
in meetin' em', ain't ya? What are ya? Some kinda law man?"
"Bounty hunter." Hayes said. "Got a $500.00 reward fer bringin' em'
in."
"Jeez' Louise!" Lena exclaimed. "That's a lot fer catchin' no
gooders."
"I'm goin to look fer em' now." Hayes announced while he stood up
finishing his beer.
"Mind if I join?" Asked Lena as her eyes opened wide with excite.
"Y'ain't gonna ask a bunch of queshiuns are ya?" Hayes trying
to keep his distance.
Hayes and Lena walked out of the bar with high hopes of finding
Ben and Jappy.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I'm glad I picked up this story." Said Alex as she paused from
her reading. "It's hard to believe this was way back in the 1880's.
So many things like this-"
"OK! OK!" Trivette interrupted. "Will you just hurry up and
read on?!"
"Ok! I'm reading."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Hayes and Lena rode the unexpected quietness along the serene open
fields taking in the sun's rays burning in their eyes. No words were
spoken. No glances were exchanged. Just the clacking of the horses'
feet lingered upon them. Just then out of nowhere gunfires were heard
in a dangerously close distance. When the culprits appeared over the
hills with guns in their hands Hayes gave two men direct hits with his
gun in their chests with one swift motion and Lena watched the other
three run off in a panicked state. Lena never expected to see a person
this swift and powerful. As she sat on her horse she stared at Hayes
simply amazed and overwhelmed. Within seconds she felt a rock hit her
on the arm and she shook herself out of her speechlessness.
"Whassamatta?" Hayes asked looking at her as if she were out of it.
"Nothin'." She said shaking her head astounded.
"Howd ya do that?" Lena asked.
"Practice." Hayes simply said.
Hayes and Lena headed back to the bar to get another drink and
Lena offered to ask for a room above the bar for Hayes but he refused
insisting he'd sleep under the stars.
"Ok, Why doncha want a room?" asked Lena. "Ya git a nice soft bed
to sleep in with one of those buckwheat pillers. Better'n' sleepin'
on dirt an' rocks, ain't it?"
"Don't feel right inside." Said Hayes. "Makes me feel like a sage
hen cooped up in a cage all night."
"You're one stranger fellah, y'know that?" Lena asked shaking her
head as she stood up. "I'm tired. I'm callin' it a night. G'nite."
"G'nite." Hayes said as he watched her go out the door and off
until he no longer could see her. A minute later he heard a scream
and few malicious sounding laughters. He rose from his seat and
strode outside to see what was. He noticed a blonde lady in the hands
of a group of what seemed to be young boys. Of course when he told
them to take a hike they had to put up a big fight. All Hayes had to
do was blow a spinning back kick into one of the boys' ribcage, a
quick jab in the jawbone and a cresent kick in the chest to see them
land on the other side of the dirt road.
As the lady straightened out her long beige dress she saw the boys
run off in shock and Hayes watched them go.
"You ok?" Hayes asked as he searched for a face.
"Yes, Thank you." The lady said as she looked up at Hayes then her
small smile disappeared. When she reconized his face she smiled from ear to
to ear. Hayes had finally cracked a smile for the first time since he
arrived at Devil's Saw.
"Kate Sullivan?" Hayes asked not sure what to say.
"Hayes Cooper." Kate smiled.