Chapter 5-The Jones Family
Colt Sadie Arthur and Bill were riding north towards Beaver hollow. It was getting late. "Let's stop here for the night. We should get to Beaver hollow by tomorrow night," Colt says. The others nod. They stop the horses by in an opening off the trail. Colt gets off his horse and pulls off his bedroll. The others do the same. Arthur and Bill had tents. They had two tents. Colt and Sadie were sharing one while Arthur and Billy were sharing the other. "We need food," Bill says.
"I'll go catch something. You three step up camp," Arthur says as he leaves with his bow. Bill and Sadie put up the tent while Colt makes the fire. Arthur comes back about an hour later with a deer. Arthur sets it down. Bill skins the deer. They all get some meat and cook it on the fire. They were all eating when Bill turns towards Colt.
"How do you know about Beaver hollow?" Bill asks.
"I've been up towards Annesburg a few times on bounties. I was around the area once when I found a camp. There was a gang there called the Murfree brood. I'm assuming that the Jones are paying them for protection," Colt says to them. They nod.
"Anything we should know about The Murfree broods?" Sadie asks.
"They mainly use Machete knives and Cattlemen Revolvers," Colt tells them. They finish eating and go to there tents. Colt lays down on his bedroll and goes to sleep. The next morning Colt woke up to the smell of meat. He looks up and sees Sadie Bill and Arthur cooking meat.
"Get up," Bill says. Colt gets up and walks over to them. Sadie hands him a piece of meat. He nods as her and eats. Arthur had given him a cut of coffee, which he drank.
"Ok, we should make it to Beaver hollow by evening. We need to find a scouting position when we get there," Colt says. They all nod. They tear down camp move on. It was evening by the time they got close. They got up a hill, and Colt pulled out his binoculars. He looks at sees the Murfree boys but nobody from the Jones family. "Follow me," He tells them. They nod. Colt leads them to the ladder that leads into the cave. "Mr. Morgan and I are going to push them further into the cave. Mr. Williamson Mr. Adler, you two will wait here, and if they try to leave, knock them out and hogtie them. Do not kill them. Everybody understand?" Colt asks. The other three nod. Colt walks to his horse and grabs his Lancaster rifle and shotgun. They get behind a road near the cave. "Ready to raise some hell?" Colt asks his brother. Arthur smiles and nods. Colt gets up and aims and pulls the trigger hitting one of the Murfree broods in the eye. All of them stand up and start to shoot. Colt and Arthur begin to shoot them as more Murfree broods come out of the cave. They shoot for minutes. Arthur shoots the last one outside in the eye. They both stand up and start to walk towards the cave. Colt pulls out his shotgun.
"You think there are more in there?" Arthur asks.
"No," Colt says. They walk through the cave. Colt and Arthur round a corner and are both tackled to the ground by the father William and the older brother Austin. They both had knives. William swings his knife down on Colt, who moves, but the knife still hits his shoulder. He heads butts the man who falls off him. Colt gets up and kicks the man in the face knocking him out. He walks over to Austin, who was still trying to stab Arthur. He grabs the man by his hair and slams his face in the wall knocking him out also. Colt pulls out his Lasso and hogties the father as Arthur does the same for the brother. Colt picks up William.
"What about the other two?" Arthur asks.
"These to stayed behind to kill us. The other two went up the ladder," Colt tells him as they walk out of the cave. They see Bill and Sadie on their horses with Jenny Jones and Butch Jones. They were both knocked out. They whistle for their horses.
"You ok?" Sadie asks while looking at his shoulder.
"Yeah. This fucker got me," Colt tells her as he puts William up on his horse. Colt struggles to get up on his horse. Bill gets off his and helps him up. "Thanks," Colt says to Bill, who nods. They ride out of Beaver Hollow and head for Annesburg. They reach Annesburg during the night. Colt gets off his horse and grabs William and walks in the Sheriff's office. The Sheriff looks up.
"Ah, Mr. Morgan. You got the Jones. There is a cell for the whole family," The Sheriff says. Colt sets them down and walks out the other three doing the same. Colt walks over to the Sheriff. "Here's $1200," The Sheriff says.
"The price was $800," Colt says.
"The other four hundred is from the people of Annesburg. Call it a thank you," The Sheriff says.
"Thank you, Sheriff. Good day," Colt says as the four of them walk out. "Looks like we're all getting $150," Colt says as he gives them the money. They leave town and ride throughout the night. They get back to camp early morning. They hitch their horses. Colt and Arthur walk over to Dutch and Hosea.
"Here's $600," Colt says as he hands the money to Dutch who smiles.
"Good take, boys. Are you ok, Colt?" Hosea asks.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Colt tells him.
"Good job, guys. Get some rest. Colt wrap that shoulder and rest," Dutch says. They both nod. Colt walks over to Bill.
"Thanks for the help, Bill. I hope to ride with you again," Colt says to Bill, who smiles.
"I hope so to Mr. Morgan," Bill says. Colt smiles before he heads to his bed and goes to sleep.
Thanks for reading guys as always suggestions are welcomed. These first few chapters have been Colt building a relationship with some of the gang members I hope to do one or two more of these before we hit chapter 2. I have been getting mix options on who Colt should get with. For now I will keep him with Sadie and wait and give it a little more time before I decide. The other paring could be Arthur and Mary-Beth or Arthur and Sadie. Hope to hear options on next time.
