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Colonel, and I'm sorry for the two understand why I
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have lost )
their lives! JV
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The rangers here know that a pack of Just me. But if you think that there is
thugs dominate Texas City and the an informant here, you are making a
nearby port of Galveston, and that we Nobody mistake, Willer. There are no traitors
will send others to the hellholes that knows why you among my rangers!
finished the lives of Gleason and called me?
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How do you explain then that I cannot explain Great! If I accept this mission, will you let me do
Gleason & Morton were killed that. But I am Ee whatever I want?
before they were even able to sure that there
—start their investigations? You know that rangers cannot
has been no
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order in Texas City, I predict that I will unfortunate dilemma, your actions To I am sorry to
be forced to pass those famous limits Willer. I suspect that result in a report to have to decline
frequently! gang has the support of Washington. the assignment.
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I completely understand your fears, but, on the
Wait, Willer. If I give youa have any regulations, so
other hand, why should I become number three on
free hand, will you promise why should
the list of rangers killed in line of duty?
not to drag me into some kind Li

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I will only promise this: ‘” A few minutes later...

that no one ever will know that
Can you go and
I ama ranger.
deliver this letter
to my pards?
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 I think I have guessed the game of the Great! I'll see that he Later...
good Colonel...he is sending a ranger does not go too far, It's from Tex!
from another base to Texas City. the new meddlesome
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Great... to the
horses!

In a quarter of an hour, I |
will leave the base and I'J/
take the road to Houston.
Follow me at a distance and
keep your eyes open. It is
likely that some clever
person will be on my trail.
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And about a quarter of an hour later... He's taking the road to Houston. Well, well. Run
Here he is, finally. I began to fear that he had well, amigo. This is your last ride.
slipped out of my hand.
A few minutes later, the spy starts to follow ... not even remotely imagining that he in turn is being
Tex's tracks... followed by three pairs of alert eyes...

As night falls...
He has set up camp! Very well. I will
play my joke on the gut, when
he is wrapped up q f be
in blankets.

He is dismounting from his horse We'll un-mount and have a bite to eat ina hurry, then
and pulls the saddlebags off we will sneak up behind the man and we will get him
from the saddle. What do } |the moment we find out what
: we do? his game is.
About two hours later... Although he is not yet asleep, As he approached his
Well, it seems to me that the he will not have time to even horse, the man pulls out a
time has come to make my move. notice any danger. gun from the saddle...

et ——

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... but, almost at the same moment, a voice broke | | Instead of obeying, the man
the silence of the night — spun around and shot in the
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Plague! He was a Areal \ Woah! It was impossible to do

blockhead, this shame otherwise. People like him are
like snakes. They attempt to
bite until you crush their heads.

Start a log fire, Kit! Tex Meanwhile, I'm Ten minutes later...
will be here soon. going to fetch our
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bps his pocket.

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but still better than nothing.
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Manuel is the first won't be too many be hard to find him. | | arrive at Texas City...
thing we need to Manuels, otherwise That saloon at the pa
discover, when we we will lose a lot of corner of Regan
reach Texas City. \ time. {| Street will be the
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catch our fish.

... while Tiger Jack sets up camp for the time being After leaving their horses ina stable, Tex and his
on the outskirts of the city, waiting for instructions friends are not slow to discover where the saloon is
from Tex... | located... ere it is RE
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Not at all! I do not wish to disagree with Offer? In the place of

you. Do you take me for an idiot? Damn it, my liver! Don Manuel, I
The offer of two thousand would only offer
You are, if you refuse you a thousand.
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leave this place at once, stranger. cholera epidemic in Jim, for you the air of Texas City will
as these parts? be more deadly than if it was smallpox.
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Hmm... do as you like.

f After all, your life is your life...

Yes! And give us a table three beers? The three friends

near the entrance. sat at the table at
the entrance, but
as the bartender
brings their
beers,

Poker Jim storms

into the saloon
with a gun in his
hand...

F oni you have

something to tell me,
If before sunset, you have not left this And now let me tell If within half a minute, Rogue!
region, not one of you will see the sunrise you something too, you are not out of
tomorrow! scarecrow who here,
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Well said, dresses like a man... I'll kick you out.
gorilla!

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Poker Jim bends down to take the gun, but moments

before he can grab it, Tex shoots and makes the gun
spin away.

4 Mr. Poker Jim, I remind you that the Barely stifling a cry of rage, Poker Jim turns
half a minute granted to you is passing | Jaround abruptly and a moment later, he is out
quickly. of the saloon... a
Livid, Poker Jim || Zee You'll pay for this. I
gets up swear you'll pay!
and leaves with a
look of hatred.

Tex,
unimpressed,
simply gives
him awry smile.
 By the devil! For a moment, I thought Go away, please. Poker Jim will return \
that he would let out a burst Certainly!
to meet you here and all hell is going to
of anger. And not just
sae (me would have been a a break loose.
pretty sight.

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create work for the you will ruin the
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Had I imagined the
problems that are
about to fall on me, I
would have accepted
the offer of
Don Manuel.
Yeah! In fact, I \Yes! But if you are obstinate and] | You touch my Will you leave? If you leave my
heard what Poker |stay here, it will be miracle if I heart, amigo. room, L offer a free case of beer.
Jim suggested. can hope to get five hundred
Two thousand / dollars from what will remain of
dollars, right? my saloon.

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and remain here asa AY
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just a joke? [f

Under the astonished eyes of the barman,| | You will leave me to It's the word of Tex
Tex takes from his pocket a wad of bills, manage the saloon, Killer! And you only Uh!
worth two thousand dollars and puts them | | with fifty percent of | | have to take this
on the table. Ir udge for yourself if this the profits?
paper and sign here,
is just a joke. if you want to set
things in order,
Meanwhile, at the Paradise, one of the best saloons in the | | Come on, then! I would not want those
ci Vy. !... and if you give me a three to have the time to get away from
( hand, we can immediately take care of the Longhorn and maybe even the area, if
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Thanks! With Poker Jim and four of
That's Sure! This
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it! isonme,
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Get out, Tom...
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we ll drink later.
elsewhere!

Stop, you! There's no need to run...

are those three idiots still in the Respond, Ye... yes ...
cursed fool. JA still inside...
Longhorn?

With a violent thrust, Poker Jim sends the victim Advance! Let's clean out
tumbling into the dust of the road... this saloon!
Forward,
friends! The
feast begins.
 Do not waste bullets, coyotes! Come inside instead,
if you want a bit of fun.

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Come out, tramp! And put your hands up! Come out and you'll be fine with i, ie | | es
It's the only way left for you, if you only a few broken ribs! £ |
want to avoid ending up in the cemetery.
 Get back! Come on, friends! Let's keep those jokers
We'll pass onto the other side of the road happy.
Stay calm! They will die of
laughter.

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goodness the saloon
is no longer mine.

here's one in
my sight.
We are well matched, Jim! We'll Very well! But Meanwhile... | Sheriff! There is a
go around the corner and carry on shootout going on at
from the house opposite to ‘em, Regan Street.
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at Parnadicé. ets. trouble, but unfortunately, I do not
see how to get rid of them. Certainly ... let's see.
We must \
least stop —
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keep alive this concert, and anything to find their game.
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entrance? entrance to the saloon, other Jim have arrived at the house on
—__ than that door. the corner...

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... and a moment later, they open Tire against the tight Tex! They
space where Tex and his friends are barricaded... are right before
us now!

Forward! In half a minute, we will blow The four men run towards the Longhorn, and,
them all to hell. since no one returns fire, Poker Jim also leaves
his shelter.
... but, a moment later, a hurricane of fire breaks out
against the rouges...

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miracle if we manage
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Let them run, Run? They are not es Tina and hed believe that they have found
Carson. away. They are flying. | some bread for their teeth.

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Meanwhile... Come out, Tom! The party's And you guys, get out from beneath your forts and
ON at
over! come to the table ... it's on the house.

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If you'll allow me, this is on me, Mr. Killer! After Make way! \ You have arrived a little late, Sheriff.
what you did, a free drink is more than deserved. Make way! { At the most, only the undertaker is
needed here.
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Did you see what Testifying against some We only heard the
happened? question, Sheriff.
people would only earna gunfire of hell,
bullet in the back. nothing else.

Why don't you go investigate at the Let's go, Sheriff. There is Meanwhile, some of you call
Longhorn? The gentlemen who caused these nothing to do Brocus to take away
blows have retired there. We have the dead.
already done so
The Longhorn, eh: Sheriff.

Another round, Tom! And this is on me, as \ |

the new owner of the premises. Uhm ... seems like a
party atmosphere! good health,
a Mr. Killer! £
Very well,
Mr. Killer.
 ( Hold it right there, folks, and turn
Toh! Here comes
around slowly, without touching any of
the law!
your guns.

Put away your scrap iron as well and I'm not here to drink,
come to drink. It's on the house. but to discover and
arrest the culprits who
caused these
a
killings...

Arrest the culprits? That will be a little difficult, Sheriff ... | | Is it not clear enough? The culprits are the
I've never seen in my life the dead being arrested. al very ones who attacked us, and since they
What have paid with their lives for their mistake, I
do you mean? |do not see how you can stop them.

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Sheriff. Calling me a liar could / to threaten threatening you. And already, I'll give
cost you dearly. I'm just giving you another advice. Put
valuable away your scrap iron.
suggestions.

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liked people who try to Jlike people who Poker Jim and his coyotes had filled those turbulent men
intimidate other people/ sow the road three honest citizens with lead? enjoy the sympathy of
by pointing with corpses law enforcement?
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anything with you, otherwise I shall just dry
Stop! Both of
Tex raises his
glass to his lips,
as if to drink.

Then, with
incredible
rapidity, he drops
it and before it
hits the ground,
on the right hand
of the ranger
appears, as if by
magic, a gun....

And now tell me something, my good 4 | Calm down, Sheriff, Come on, Sheriff. Your
man, what's your fire-breather for? and do as I do. Put assistant is showing good
For committing suicide, perhaps? away your artillery. In} sense. Imitate him and you
cases like this, it is will not regret it. in
om useless.
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After a moment of uncertainty, the Sheriff Tom! Two glasses for the
put away his gun.
Sheriff and his deputy. Killer? What a
I( This is a joke that I will not strange name! Do you
forget easily.
think so?

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Tex has mentioned his name as Killer.

 Strange or not, it's Parson? It's a name that
And since we're here, let me introduce
a name that I like. does not suit you very
you to my friends. Kit Parson and my son
much.
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Carson - Parson

I am very Hmm ... but you do My name is MacFergus and Can I get an idea of
gentle, I am. not give that this is my assistant, what happened?
impression. Tip Durbin. Just
My pleasure. ask Tom.
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Tell the sheriff everything, Tom. The whole ... and since the shooting, all those
—s
—, truth, until the who are here can testify that it was
Certainly, Tom recounts Poker Jim and those men who
Mr. Killer. everything, from ~~ 4 ew attacked Mr. Killer and
Tex's first clash PFA ’ his friends.
with Poker Jim,
until the return
of Poker with
his friends. He
also mentioned
the sale of the
saloon he had
just conducted...
| Look, Killer. I want to believe what Tom just Leave Texas City You do not know this region like I
told me, but I wish you would accept my immediately, without do, and I assure you that if you
advice. losing a single minute. accept my advice, you will live
longer.

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I'm convinced! This is a turbulent country; And you, the Sheriff of Frankly, MacFergus, I must say that [
because of what happened a while ago, this region, rather than am disappointed. What kind of
there is no guarantee of what will happen rush to arrest the offe- Sheriff are you?
to you, if you do not nders, you recommend By the devil, do not
Interesting. i au duc tan. to victims that they _ge, «use that tone with
should cut and run and PP \. me. Killer!
avoid a worse fate?

I do my best to maintain order in this Yes, sir! By asking me to ... and this gear will soon get
region, but I cannot be asked to do pursue your attackers, you going to crush you
miracles. have asked me to perform and your friends.
Did T ask you a miracle.
to do miracles? Jim is just one of the
wheels of a powerful
gear...
And you cannot do anything \ For a moment, She riff stared perplexedly at Tex and pard follow MacFergus
to stop this gear? Tex, then, resigned, he makes a gesture...

Don't you represent Follow me! I'll show you something that
the law? will serve as an answer to your questions.

... and about ten minutes later, they arrive at the

cemetery of Texas City....
Here is the answer to your question,
Killer! Read!

It's enough ... these Well! I'm glad to see that there a
Hmm ... I believe that in this region,
sheriffs and rangers die three tombstones area flame has been lit in _
with surprising speed.
—
convincing answer to your brain... will you / I do not
Satisfied now? my questions. leave? know yet.
 Bah, I have warned you, Killer. If you leave soon,
However, when I
you will have a certain chance of preserving your
decide to leave, I'll make it
life, if you wait until even tomorrow, your life and
my duty to notify you.
that of your friends will rest beneath Texas City.
Under a meter of fresh earth.

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Come, Tip. It is needless to waste any more About the sheriff? The usual story, he knows
time with these hombres. What do that he is powerless to deal with violence,
you think? and tries to get along with everyone
by closing his eyes to reality.
But he
shouldn't
be this
flawed.

He may not have been completely bought by Do not condemn him before
the gang in this region, but that is not an having actually understood
excuse. thoroughly what the actual
situation is. Maybe things are
even worse than we think.
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And how exactly the situat-
ion stands is something we'll
find out soon. Poker Jim will
have gathered more friends
for himself.

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floor... So, you were given a N truth is that you encountered a guy smarter
reprimand, right? than you.
We were taken
by surprise, By hell! How much
Manuel... you want to bet that
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just a prediction. And you this
city of this sort of not want weak links in my
know that my predictions person, within organization, right?
prediction?
twenty-four hours,
are never wrong.
your career will be Certainly,
over in lexas Cl Manuel!

This is a job you I put you in charge of this qy

have to do alone, sector of saloons, because you
No! You will not go to gather Jim. had demonstrated your ability to
anymore. All by yourself. control the branch of
this organization,
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person, if you do not want to be thrown out of the worse will happen to you. Something that will make
group. Do you know what I mean? you regret that you are
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I know a lot of things about him, and... Instead, think of fixing that guy _— YOUN do not ask me
at the Longhorn. at - “ } to participate
and, in another
By hell, I'll deal shooting.
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shoulder, I certainly keep an eye on that} |sight of him, and to / want to instead of eating a steak, he
couldn't help you. guy at the tell me when he catch him | | should digest a good dose of
Longhorn. _ |sits to eat. while his hands} | 10+ lead
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No! I predict that we will soon
best. Put it on my And LI cannot be
have many eyes spying on our
account, Sam. h seen with you?
movement, and I do not want you
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I don't know where we're going to stay, No! Tom, the former You, in your turn, will let us hear from
but we'll leave news & instructions for owner, is a good man, and you. You can stay at a hut outside the
you at the Longhorn. leaving him messages for ‘| city, so that we can find you, in case
Isn't that
you will not be risky. of necessity.
reckless?
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someone will try to play some the situation demands, I will
Anything No, Tiger! Nothing trick. act without being noticed.
else. Just keep your
eyes open.

About three hours later, during the night... To tell the truth, I lost a lot of time finding that man
By the devil! I was and his two cronies. I could not find them anywhere,
beginning to believe that) juntil I saw them emerge from the stables of Mulligan. I
you had melted away. followed them and I saw them go into the restaurant of
Platter.

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I'll be back before you're done. incident is a matter that I
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 ail arrogant Manuel see that I am far
, (| : Ve from being a good for

yin
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nothing.

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Scoundrel! I'll pour out so much Woah! Here's a guy who looks a
lead that his shirt can only little too interested in the
used as a net to catch customers of the restaurant.
fish.

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Y Here is the proper and ideal position to

shoot like lightning, by hell!

Without even
turning around to
check, Poker Jim,
sure of himself,
draws his gun and
prepares to take
aim at Tex, but
almost at the same
time there isa
burst of gunfire...
The shot and the noise of breaking glass
cause Tex and his pards to spring up....
[
The window!)
| Pane
i

Ugh! He will behave } | | But ... who were you Calm down, gentlemen! You can resume
better now. | | shooting against?,A Your dinner. The incident 5
| is closed.

But most of the customers prefer to follow Tex out of the You can't say that I haven't been very
building... = | ae e lucky.
It is Poker Jim.j4g
fa
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is ie

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At that moment, Tip Durbin makes his way among the crowd of Uh! You
people. { ‘ It's us! And once again an
Make way! Out of the }7 oni Here is ou again?
honest citizen is attacked
r

a Ss\ way! What happened?

diligent Tip. while we were eating dinner.

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Hmm .. it's the first time I've - othing wrong with _ Instead, I want to add
that if all the honest
Tip, Tam
beginning to
noticed that honest citizen handle that, Killer! And it's believe that
citizens of this damn
guns so expertly. nothing offensive, + you've more
region knew how to shoo
common sense
like you and your friends, then your
What do you things would be much leader.
better. _
mean, Tip? 1m
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Do not think too badly of Hmm ... I'll tell you one of
Tell me what If you want my opinion, you have
MacFergus. Do you really these days, Killer. If you are
you know. less chance of staying alive than
think that he is not aware still alive!
a calf surrounded by a pack of
of what is happening in
wolves.
this city? Should I die?

And I would
ts be that calf?
 Bah, I recognise that as a calf you're far too You're welcome! And now! | He appeared at the window
combative, but the wolves are so many, so do you want to tell me holding his bauble .45 calibre,
beware. how it happened that poor} | but he had the misfortune not
Poker Jim ended up with to pull the trigger before us.
so much lead?

A clear case of self- Thanks! And when By the devil! I'm going to the Paradise where the news
defence... well. Go back and ) Y°U pass by the that I give will make sure that I get a drink for free.
Longhorn,use it
finish your dinner.
a
freely! In my saloon, you aba r
will always be a
welcome guest.
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And a little later... In that case, you can pour out a drink, Ned ... Poker
‘Hi, Ned. Is there still some- Jim will never thirst again!
thing left in the bottle? _

(ey hell ... he is dead?

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That's right! He was caught in If he had let me go with him,
Ah! Then, If you had gone with him,
the middle of a shootout caused maybe things would have ended
this... you'd also end up being
by those three that arrived in differently.
warmed by the flames of
the region today.
hell. Cheers, Ned!

By the devil! Drain that bottle well. I'm

going to warn Don Manuel.
il

Great, I will
If you're interested,
tell Don Manuel.
those three are still in
Platter's restaurant.

| Instead, you'll go Y 1? Eh, don't you think that I have

to those three already had my share of lead from
troublemakers. those damned
gunslingers?
Let me finish Uh! That's better, Don Y The fact is, I have an injured arm and...
talking. Manuel. Not that I'm [0

L just want you to go afraid of those three, Will you be quiet

and take my letter of course... for a moment, i”
to those people. you idiot?

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And about ten minutes later... But he knows you, so just read it and give me an
A message from Don Manuel Espinosa to answer.
|— "¢ae va
Hmm ... maybe you have the wrong
address, amigo. I know of no
Espinosa.

As for you, return

to Don Manuel and
It's an invitation tell him I accept
to a party, read it. the invitation. Pati
Where do I find
>.
ny if |
 At the Paradise. It's almost in the centre Are we really Have not you heard? Ina
_ of the main street. After going into that quarter of an hour, I will
Don Manuel's den of have the pleasure of
~ Great! We'll be %
é G re there ina quarter
messenger has rattlesnakes? ing the great Manuel
left, Carson turns
to Tex, who is
intent on rolling
Alone?
out a cigarette, as
if the idea of
visiting the
hideout of his
opponents does
not disturb him
at all.

Certainly! The invit- I thought about that. I think that Manuel is really curious
ation was addressed / You don't think that
But, something tells to see up close one of the men who in
to me, rt? they could set a me that Don Manuel a few hours were able shake up his
trap? has no intention of henchmen.
setting out a trap.

af
If Iam in Manuel's place, I would like to Look who's talking! You think However, ina case like this,
see you and break your bones with an axe, maybe he's a coward, do you? in Manuel's place, I would
instead of having a friendly drink with you. follow the same tactic.
I've haven't said
that, old bison... . To what end, am I
allowed to know?
Uh! You're |
very brutal. ‘%.

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al. }
In order to find out whether the I am pleased that your Oh, stop bickering, you two!
enemy can be destroyed or if he isa brain is not completely
possible ally. spoiled. He speaks like an And for good

a Hmm! I'm beginnin

o understand.
Thanks for the
angel of peace. reason.

thought.

Well, I'm going. What do you think about us

Ten minutes later, the three friends make their entrance
walking together to the Paradise? into the Paradise, which at that time was very crowded...
An idea that was
fluttering in our brains. Uh! Nice little
Really nice...
Right, Kit? place!
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WH idl Wy a |
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‘ fat

A place like this should We'll head straight for the bar! I —

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make a lot of money! hunch that we can drink decent whiske
3 Oa
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pea ia Wy
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 Ahh Excuse you,my “ Itis needless to \
horn! Do you think scream, good man!

Making their way with Excuse me, that you are among /T'|| pay for your
difficulty through the friend. @ herd of cows? drink. ae
Se cam

mr
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crowd, the three
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friends manage to ee
i

reach the counter, but a

when squeezing
himself between two
customers, lex
unwittingly hits one
of them.... ) = |
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I have no need for you to pay for my drink. | |Get out of the ¥ That’ what I'm about
I just want you to quickly get out of the way, cowherd! to do.
Move! ay
Misled by the 7 >.
soothing tone of | \ ys
i a.
Tex, the guy
decides to take oR
this opportunity to
give hima
reprimand since he
believes that he is| |
just one of many
cowboys...

And, as rapid as lightning, Tex grabs a chair and he | | ..-while Kit Carson, pulling out his gun, points them
smashes it on the man’s head... menacingly at the attentive spectators.
Calm down, gentlemen, or there'l|
m~ be trouble for your bellies
\Y (Hold it!
A sudden silence falls over the entire room, and in that
silence, the Tex's voice resonates in an even harsher and Damn! It's him!
threatening manner
Cheer up, big fool! Now I will ™~
teach you a couple of good
ee =

This is the man who finished off Poker Jim! Do you

also want to finish under a
meter of earth?

Good >=
heavens! =
|e

You must excuse this T'll consider the But you should be careful not to get
idiot! He did not know incident closed. in my way again, because the next
who he was dealing time I see you, I will teach you
with. harsher lesson!

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 I'm sorry for what Let's not talk any-
Come! Come with me
more about that,
to Don Manuel.

Shortly
IT am pleased that you F Killer, huh? Hmmm.... name
afterwards
have accepted my { Tex Killer. that fits you like a glove!
, invitation. Sit down, Mr. ...

Sit down, Killer ... I told you to leave!

and you, Ned, leave Hmm ... you do
not want...
Ps
Very well,
Don Manuel.
 I prefer my own But I guess that you will not refuse
cigarette. to drink. This is a first class drink.
I never refuse a
glass of whisk
ST
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Hmm! This Killer

looks likely to be a
Very well. You talk Yours,
tough guy.
like a real man. Don Manuel.

Well, what do The whiskey? It's I like to keep the best of what you In confidence, Don
you think? excellent! can have in this crazy world, both in Manuel, I will tell you
terms of liquor and in terms of all the that we share the same
rest.
Really? Splendid! You know what, Killer? What do you think | Quiet? After your
I thi ink you and I willi > of this region? Not bad. Maybe a recent triumph,
soon agree on certain little too quiet. you find it
things. comfortable?

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If you allude to the small incident at Longhorn It is clear that your men were in The only problem
and the recent clash with your Jim, I do not the mood to waste for wasting a bit iwas that their lead
think it is appropriate to dramatize them. of lead and they did not find was directed
anything to complain about. against me and my
friends.

And so I had to use persuasive You refreshed them so much Not all, Don Manuel, the man
arguments to refresh the that they are now all located in /who delivered me your kind
brains of your men. the large room of Bill Brocus invite is still alive and
the mortician. healthy.

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Hmm ... can you call a man And why not? If he remembers Great. Let's forget the past and
healthy, when he has a hole what happened to speak a little about the future. I
in his shoulder? you other minions, | | am told that you have purchased
then he should be the Longhorn.
happy!

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What will you do You are delusional! “ . and if you leave the saloon in the
with it? You are not the type hands of Tom Tyler, you have lost all
to sit all day behind a Y OUP Senses.
Earn money, desk...
Don Manuel. Do you think so?

The only honest barman in the region was a However, as far as

What L mean is that if he steals a
certain Joe Stanton and Joe Stanton is now I'm concerned, I'll
single dollar, I'll take the trouble to
in my service. take the risk of being settle this with a bullet in his skull.
He guards the Paradise at night and cleans cheated by my
the floors. manager.

A terrible.
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Why do not you sell
me your saloon?
And why would
I do that?
You are a man with big ideas,
Don Manuel,
but I also have certain projects.
—
You want to control all the
saloons? Well! You can control
all, except for the Longhorn.
To save yourself a lot ... and one of these projects are just for
of trouble! Behold, I
the places where people go to drown their
have made many
sorrows ina glass of whiskey ... Killer, I
plans for this city... want to be the master of all the saloons
of in the region! RY
From the little that I could see, this is a region where
the sheriff is at the very most good at giving
directions to strangers or separating a couple of
squabbling drunks, which makes Texas City
the ideal place for my operations. @
I'm not sure I want to compete with you in The games! In my saloon,
this branch, Don Manuel, you can count on ['ll put in the Pharaoh
that. In exchange, you should not hamper my tables, and I want every
business in another area. professional gambler to
give me a specific
 Are you mad? This is not business! This is Don't you want to
By the devil! I'm sorry. And put 5
banditry... finish the sentence
away that damn pistol. I am a
Don Manuel?
becoming nervous. ae
4,

Great! I am sorry that I scared you so much. Sensible, my horn! My partners You cannot be alone,
After all_ you seemed to have kept back a and I have already invested a large if you want to
sensible proposal. amount of capital in this region, control all the
and... activities of a
Partners? I thought region.

———

Dita

And this is a big region, where the control of saloons is a You are a man I like. Fast with the pistol and
big part of the vast turnover of our syndicate. Killer, do unscrupulous. Come and join us, Killer, and you
not swim against the current. will soon become a big name in this city and I

the men charged with

keeping in line any
opponents of the syndicate.
Do not say no! I The answer is always
... and I'm not going
guarantee you an the same, Don
reason? My motive is to start receiving
excellent pay and a small Manuel ...
simple. In ever Ga them now.
percentage of certain
take orders s
interesting activities
from : =
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anyone... ! F

Wiz
And I am sure that with my gambling I do not mean to question it, but I can
You cannot imagine
' business, I will earn much more than confirm that it does not concern me.
the power of our
ae your syndicate. organization!
Damned
| ) stubborn man!

syndicate too
lightly.

You keep to your business, but do not poke You are very nice, Killer, but given the situation, I fear that
your nose into mine. And nothing will prevent
Texas City could soon become a very hot place for you. It will be
us meeting from time to time and having a a
drink to the naivety of the idiots .<qqmmys a shame, because a man like you could stay here and make a lot
of Texas City. of money.
=

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too bad.
 Do not blame me, Don Manuel, this is a free You do not want to Great! Adios, then. Adios, Don \
country, where everyone has the right to rethink my proposal? oe esas eve Manuel. And
anything to say to
seek a bigger cake, at his own el may the best
ch other.
risk and peril. man win.
No! I have a or 7. }
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hard head. Jag Pa ae
sy
-

Did you hear TA remarkable man, this Killer,

I did not lose a word.
that, Wang? but he will have to soon
r |] disappear from the face of the

Tex leaves and

just as he closes
the door, one of
the panels of the
room opens up To
reveal the figure
of a large
Chinese man....

Yeah! We have no No, the Black Just in case

choice, Wang. Shall I Dragon will take something like this
“WW care of it now. happened, I placed
two of my men on the
street corner...
At that very moment... Run to warn the others. I will
be tp. ee keep an eye on the white dogs

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when they come out from the

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Pay attention, 5 Paradise. I'll leave the usual
Lin! Look! te Yj,

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Sm death! sa |

Meanwhile...

Did you win or Neither the one nor the

lose? other. We just watched.

By the devil! How I would like to plant a nice If they hear you, they will not
shot in the back of that bully! think twice to open you up and
} Speak see what's inside you.
saa softly, Bill
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 The three friends leave quietly, and a few moments
later, a short man starts to follow them.

Uh! And where has By Manito! There is no doubt that he is

this man come interested in the movements of my friends
so I'd better not lose sight of him.

dtl

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Soon after, the Chinese man approaches a ...and Tiger Jack, who has noticed Woah! What the devil
wall and quickly scribbles some signs onto it...! |the gesture, stops at the building to does this signify?
see what they are...-=in,
=
By Manito! I'd better keep a close eye Ugh! Here he writes fi
on that little guy. j something again... and then Be Z
he continues to follow
Shortly Tex and the others. Sm
afterwards, Tiger
see the man linger
again ona street
corner, and also
write something
there, after which
he resume
following Tiger's
—— friends...
ey
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Tiger stops to turn the corner of the street, Always using extreme caution, Tiger remains behind the
and finds the mysterious sign again... Chinese man and he watches him finally stop at a corner near
the Longhorn, where in the meantime, Tex and his friends
Hmm... I think Iam lon
have SALE
beginning to see clearly. =p 2 ’ Great! He is spying on them
now, after having scribbled
those signs along the route.

= calor = lsON GH BRD SALE Chi —_—

Now I just have to sit | |Five minutes ... ten ... Fifteen ... and finally, Tiger's patie- fe
7‘
neatly tucked away and | |nce is rewarded. Evidently following the marks left on the ae
see if my suspicions walls, a dozen Chinese men come and meet the spy. i( All of them are
about the meaning of (Chinese! By Manito.
those mysterious signs
are confirmed.
 A match, if you'd please?

Hmm ... certainly,

Wasting no time, friend!
Tiger runs around the
building, enters
Regan Street and
calmly walks towards
the Longhorn, which
he enters and he
heads straight for
Tex and the others...

On the pretext of lighting a cigarette, Tiger leans toward Tex and

quickly whispers out a warning...
At the right corner of
4 Tex, a dozen Chinese men.
You have people on your heels, the saloon. They have
been following you
since you came out of
he Paradise.
Y

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Without another word, Tiger walks away, | | Turning his back to the group of lurking Chinese men, Tiger
heads towards the bar, where he drinks a continues to the end of the street...
th ee

beer, and then he heads straight back onto ™: “4,

_
:

the road...
And now I'll go
and find a good
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— | location.
a Wo ba
ao
And after having Meanwhile, at the Longhorn...
turned around a 7 |Chinese, eh? By the devil! And he wasted no time
corner on the That brave Manuel has in contacting them.
opposite side of strange bedfellows.
the road, he
quickly climbs up
a drainpipe...

+. on ses

—————

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( Well, what will you do now? Tiger's going to ... it is dangerous but necessary to let
certainly lurk around, him protect us all the time. Then we will
We have been
- in order to emerge one after the other and face the
waiting for twenty | eo
effectively protect storm that is waiting for us.
minutes.

ee our backs... fos Any special

orders?
>
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4 < fy
lM,
Sa
LY
LE ey

None! I'll get out before you and I'll take to the ot- Check your weapons! I'm going to say a few
her side of the road. You, Carson, you will be hiding words to Tom.
on the left side of the door, and you, Kit, you'll be Also, tell him to send a couple
at the right side of the door. of beers here. If I have to die,
I might as well do it ona full
stomach.

= _— co I

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TT Wi 2
 But before you take em, pass the word to the people
Need anything, Mr. Killer?
here: no man should go out, until I tell him to do so.
wo beers for Outside, in dark, there are a dozen jokers with their
my friends, Tom, fingers ready to pull the trigger. mm
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Wy
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The minutes pass, long and interminable for Tiger, who meanwhile is ... but, finally, an illuminated shadow
stationed on the roof of the house overlooking the Longhorn, near the appears in the doorway of the saloon...
fa

;| H
Mee nit
TT mes
eel
—_—

SSS

TEM

Watch out! Do not attack before I It's him! By Confucius! I

have given the signal that it is the want to make my knife to a
men condemned by the Black Dragon. strike first. . .
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Ugh! T'll get your knife,
murderer!

| From the roof of the

 | ee lA BANG
Plague! Listen to

le
that music!

Come on, Tex! We will

give them a good
dusting! |

eee
ee

By Manito! T hope that the festival AZ Back! Get baaaack! J By hell! They certainly
is to their liking ——" > “a did not expect such a
a
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reception.
oa = -_
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AN
, —
Hurrah! They are Vids= Woah! Another dose of lead
melting away! gag will not do any further harm
to your pumpkins.

By the gods! How Enough, It is use-\ (amet . iB Right! What we did is

could they know less to make any | pe af a ee more than enough to
» about the attack? further O Ned
daze their brains
noise,
Uy i ES
until the Day of
Judgment.

ee pt

Pore aia

Go ahead, Tex! The

By the horns of Satan!
Uh! It seems three left intact have
They created quite a
to be over! fled down the alley,
and I would bet that
they will not stop
anytime soon.
.

nny
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 Go to sleep for now. Tomorrow, Ts there no-one who \_ No! All are packed and ready to be
there will be some more trouble. is able to speak? escorted to the cemetery.
Eh! Look at this.

I detached this medallion from the neck of |}Hmm ... in the centre
! Try to check and see if
one of these Chinese men... is a black dragon.
the others also have the
Show it ) same medallion on their

Hmmm ... a dragon on one side Have you found Yes! They all had a Great! We'll put them ina
and on the back are Chinese any others? medallion around their package and send them to
necks like this. that funny guy - Don
Manuel.
 a
b= hag

Some of you know N@ | I can only say that those poor

Hmm ... hard to say, for me
these people? people must be part of the
Z _ the Cinacse are all alike.
a community who live and work
Meanwhile, a small | | —
ey ot around the area of the Port of
crowd has gathered| |g
i : Galveston.
in and around the
site of the battle,
and Tex, interrupted
by numerous
comments, turns to
one of the men
closest to him...

Well, some of you help the sheriff or his

deputy, please. And tell them to send a cart
Exactly! It's where all the ships dock and
to take away these people.
most of the Chinese live near
the port there. a

mal FYf
Fa
Se
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Ten minutes later, at the Paradise... All I know is that man brought this thing... he
eee / They brought this for you, Don 7 = said he was instructed by Mr. Killer to do so.
Se

i, a pe
t
Manuel.
Yao
ry

‘ha ee
Killer? Is that
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What is devil still alive?
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The astonished Don Manuel opens the And there is something written
bundle, and a moment later, eight on the paper.
medallions offer themselves to his
astonished eyes...

( By the devil! That We won't continue

Bad news? Friend Killer has knocked out
am Killer's hand is a like this. You can be
another eight good hombres. sure that I'll deal
% 3 little too strong.
“ : (Ze
If we go on like with him. I want to
this... be alone.

Meanwhile, at the Longhorn... Do not call them "poor devils", Tip.

MY | Eight poor fellows
They were waiting in the darkness
..and of course we had Yeah, and it was a so full of holes that
of the alley, ready to turn us three
to defend ourselves: rather disconcerting they rival Swiss
into fertilizers for the flowers at
you saw the results. cheese!
the cemetery.
How did you know they were Alittle bird Um ... I'd really Nothing doing, Tip. Besides,
waiting in ambush? whispered to me. like to know this I do not think that his
providential testimony is necessary to
"bird." clarify this case.
———— a

No. There is no
need.

Ale )
For me, it is! But you might
Tom and the others have already confirmed that a,
a Exactly It
want to be at the office in F

the shooting began when you left and, moreover, has not been a pleas-
the morning to have a chat
there is no reason to question your version. ant exchange of opin-
with the sheriff. Good
ions with people who
heavens! I can already see
Thanks! The incident is > want us dead.
the face of MacFergus
closed, then? when I tell him of this
New massacre.

Exchange of opinions, eh? By the devil Welll Do it now ..and also so that I and the whole
You know what, Killer? You should go then. All three of town can at least spend the rest of
and sleep. you. So you won't the night in peace. Sweet dreams.
have to argue with
anyone.... Thanks.
That's what I was
Good night, Tip.
going to do.
At the same time...
Yuuuuu! Come on!

To Galveston!
And do not spare
the horses.

Leaving Texas City, the carriage drives for about a | | ... and takes the long bridge connecting the mainland
mile along the road that borders the coast of with the Island of Galveston.
Galveston Bay...
SS

Killer! Damn the moment

that he happened to
appear in my area!_/
7 a

seeing
en a

ce el}

| “ A peephole opens, and two slanted eyes |

| | | | appear at the slot.
Half an hour later, Ii MMT
| a
the carriage stops —S =

near the port, and

(Heese
| ; "geHIN
Par?
ar
\

Don Manuel, after TAN

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having walked past
a winding lane, stops a
in front of a door
and knock a few
times with the
door knocker...
 Hurry up, open up! The Chinese pulls aside two large
|
I need to speak with bolts and a moment later, the door
The LD, — Mr. Wang. turns on its hinges...
, OOY One moment
=~ ae please.

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The most honourable Bah .. he will

welcome.
Wang is busy right receive me, all
This way.
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Shortly Oh, where are No! The most Follow me and don't worry, Don Manuel. Soon, you will
we aclicae you taking me? honourable Wang | | have the privilege of witnessing something that very
et we gomg is not in the den few whites are able to see: the judgment of the
Masnes fo thi Se m= — Black Dragon!
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The Chinese man pressed a concealed button and
a moment later, the statue opens up. The lower
part of the head slides upwards. —- “amba Tail And now
. 7 have never seen somethin pass through,
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Warn the very Hmm. at this mom-| | I know. But Don Manuel said
honourable Wang that ent, the council is] | he had important things to
Closing the secret Don Manuel would like taking place. communicate to him.
passage, the to speak with him.
Chinese man and Gy aT
Don Manuel move
forward for about
twenty yards down
the corridor, then
they stop in front
of a door guarded
by another Chinese
man....

Soon afterwards, the Chinese guard reappears and

opens the gate... Come on, Don Manuel!
ee ‘Don Manuel can enter. But, you go Come on in and sit
back to your place.
Caramba! If I didn't know that
was Wang, I am sure the hair on
my head would become erect
with shock and become like a pin
cushion!
Sit down, Don Manuell I was judging these threeN
unworthy members of the cult of the Black
Dragon, but since you have a news To
communicate to me, rng
I will suspend that Z
judgment...

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Speak, Don Manuel! It was delivered to Hmm ... eight symbols of the
\ What happened? me by Killer ... and I dragon ... and accompanied by
think any further a very kind warning.
I brought explanation is
you this. unnecessary.

By the great Confucius! If
the men charged with killing
him had had more courage,
this message would never
have been written.
See those three dogs with rabbit hearts?
They are the survivors of the group sent to
carry out the sentence decreed against
Killer! Look well at those dogs, they fled
like rats instead of staying to fight
against the enemy of the Dragon!
 F Yes. They will go Sons of the Dragon! You've already heard the accusation,
By the devil! differently. But in mean-| |and now it's up to you to pronounce the sentence.
It was an time, I'll have to teach a Make the sign.
unfortunate thing, \ lesson to the culprits.
but next time things i

will be different of i ot
—

course. e or

All the men react as one, holding the scimitars At the sight of the sign
above themselves horizontally with both hands... made by the hooded men,
a cry comes from the Silence! At least
mouth of one of the die with honour.
three convicted men...

What will you do | Without saying a word, the four hooded men grab the first of
with them? the convicted men and bind him tightly to a long table
containing a sliding board...
Wait and see.
| and finally, one of the four men approaches the large curtain | | By the devil!\ That is the door of a
at the end of the table... | | What is happiness! The man
that? sentenced is to cross 4
it and will be cleansed
of his sins.

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Next! Open the gates of heaven to those who | | At the order of the and a moment later, with the
have to be redeemed! _| | Black Dragon, a groaning of gears, the big wheel
Po hooded man pushes || starts to move slowly towards the
Caramba! down a lever... victim as if it was being rolled
This devil Wang forward by someone.
is serious.

Nol! Shut up! The law of our

By the great Stop this group requires us to punish
Confucius... infernal those who have failed in
divine Buddha ... their duty.
For a couple of machine!
give me strength Stop it!
seconds, Don
not To scream.
Manuel remains
transfixed by the
horror of what is
happening. Then,
he grabs the arm
of the Dragon
and shakes it...

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 Caramba! Punish “
| This time, the pious ears of the
eM HORNE Vey A Stop! Dragon will listen to the prayer
Wang, but not like
of a friend. Remove the dog
this.
with the heart of mice.

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You have been saved to redeem your A moment later, operated by the Black
sins in this life, but the gods condemn Dragon, a trap door opens suddenly under the |
you to other penalties, dogs! Go, then, feet of the three men.... ae
Having been saved
from being killed from here.
by the terrible
torture machine,
the man is put
with the other
two in front of
the Black Dragon,
and then the
hooded men pull
aside.

By the devil! What did

you do to them?
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end, friend.
Very quiet. G os
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A few minutes later, Wang precedes I've never || Do not forget that the
Don Manuel towards a hoist driven by a seen any- || civilization of the yellow
system of counterweights... thing like it. people is centuries old,
iF — | Enter!
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Ff} eaet friend Manuel.
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Close the door and sit Hmm . . I would | Sorry, Don Manuel. A wise man does
down. Meanwhile, I'll prefer a good
not drink liquor, and I'm a wise man.
Soon after, the whiskey, if you have
bring a nice cup of tea,
rudimentary se aaa Yeah, wise, and
elevator stops. Ft Ro \ without mercy.
Wang takes off | : Kh we
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his mask and the | ee
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astonished Don
Manuel stares at
a living room
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luxuriously
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furnished in
oriental style... “i Nee
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You mean the scene a little while ago? Bah, A few seconds later, a young Chinese woman appears in the
whoever wants to dominate cannot afford to doorway.
be merciful. Remember that. The most honourable Wang Come in, Min-Li ... and bring’
called? two pipes for the long sleep,
Tt will not be
easy for me to FP
forget. SM
No pipe for me, Wang. I have to go back Just one pipe, Min-Li! | The wise man often seeks
soon to the Paradise. _ comfort in walking among
Yes, honourable the flowery dream ¥
You're a wise
Wang. paths, and I... man... you've
already told me

But since you're so wise, couldn't you find a

Really? Can I know You'll know soon,
nice and safe solution to the problem of
what the solution is? Don Manuel. Have a
Killer?
little patience.
"7T have already :
thought of that, |f~
s=— my sceptical
friend.

A few minutes later, while being served by Min-Li, By the great Confucius. What happened to my
Wang drops on the table one of medallions. brother? Talk to me, great and honourable sir. You
cannot ignore this.

Wang cannot ignore

something?
Wang is the friend and protector
of the yellow people and nothing
of what happens to the people of
his nation escapes the eye of
father Wang.
Do not keep me anxious, my great lord.
Ah! My poor Ho-Nan ... my
Speak! poor unhappy brother!
Ho-Nan, your brother,
was killed a few days ago
by an evil white man.

Who was it, my great lord? You certainly He lives in Texas City, and is the owner of a
know the name of that devil saloon named Longhorn, which is in Regan
For a few
ieee | |Street ... do you want to take revenge for
moments, the
V / Tex Killer. That is Ho-Nan? |
girl remains
the name of the dog Tt is my duty, ae
motionless, with
that killed your honourable
her face
brother.
covered by her
hands, then she
lifts up her head
and fixes her
sparkling eyes
on Wang...

I know that this is the law of blood. Be He may be big and And when the snake strikes, all the|
careful, though. That Killer is a dangerous strong and cruel as the tiger is able to do is roar and then
and evil man. tiger, but I will be to die.
him like a snake Well said,
crawling unseen in the
grass.
And since you do not have the poison | That's it! This is the Keep it safe, Min-Li. And take care not
of snakes, I'll give you something weapon that will finish | |to hurt yourself, because in this blade
that will allow you to hit him mortally. the wicked man off! rere is more poison than on the lips
=», of a thousand snakes!
eS og One scratch and you
will die a

I will guard this blade like a sacred thing, You are free from my | | Min-Li leaves and a moment later,
my great lord, until such time as I plunge service, until you have| | Wang grins at Don Manuel...
it in the body of the man who killed accomplished your
Well? You are an old fox, Wang.
righteous vengeance.

Where you cannot use power, you must I'm absolutely certain. Killer has his eyes open towards the
use cunning, dear Don Manuel. men around him, but he certainly will not think of suspecting
a pretty young girl, and so Min-Li will not have much
NN == . /Do you think that
difficulty killing him. mst
_ =} girl is going to
? succeed?
 vo
What poison did you use If Min-Li succeeds Goodbye, Wang)
That's enough
on the blade? only in scratching and sweet
business. Go away
Killer's skin, that will dreams.
A poison that and let me smoke
does not be enough to send in peace.
forgive. him to hell.

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Caramba! That Killer

me through a very bad day
Reaching his coach, before, but now the time is
Don Manuel is now near when things will return
reassured about to as smoothly as they used
the future of his to be before.
shady activities,
and he orders the
coachman to go
right back to
Texas City....

Meanwhile, on the first floor of the Hotel St. Louis, Tex and his
friends have established their place of residence in Texas City...
Come inl
 ——

Eh, do not mess If there is someone who should be on guard, it

Sorry, Tip, but in this region
| around with that should be your opponents and not you. Were you
you have to be careful.
thing! going to bed? |

On the contrary, Killer! As long as you are in bed, DO not take it that way! I did I'm glad to hear you©
the people of this region a
not mean to offend you. say that... Kit, get mea
are not at risk. The honest people of
this country is in no
danger, even when I am

And now, spit it out. You are certainly not And I will tell you Hmm.... sorry, Tip, but questions like
here at this time of the night to say good immediately what that are something I cannot answer.
= _night. torments me ... why did
the Chinese attack you? Pr
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I wish I could answer, Tip, but frankly I myself do
not know the answer that you are looking for.
You must believe me! The ambush by those yellow men
left me very puzzled. I asked myself the question
after the attack, but I could not find a justification.
Unless...
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Unless there is a link between those
Chinese men and Don Manuel Espinosa.
‘ see what you are
getting at, but you
From what little I know |
about the activities of
Don Manuel, I am aware |
that he is not connected
to Chinese men.
|Among other things, I know that
there a dozen Chinese people who
|live in this city and they are all good

Can you say the same I see you've The Chinese who Are you) Absolutely! It is likely
for those who live in / {already figured out attacked you were not sure?_/ that those Chinese came
how things are, from Texas City! here from Galveston ... there
Killer. are a lot of them around the
port area.
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In that case, the matter No! That is out of my Hmmm ... do you always
Me? And you think that
remains at a standstill. jurisdiction. But I was mete out justice on your own?
if I knew who organized
You cannot carry out hoping that you could There is a law in this country.
that joke on me, I'd be
investigations in qive me some information.
here with my hands in
Galveston. my pocket?

So I've been told, Tip, but, no offense to Can I ask you one last question,
Less harsh than
you, it's the type of law with which you can Killer?
the facts.
make beer. Other then this
question.

Why did you come to You are very nice. Tip, and I
Texas City? have a lot of respect for you,
You do For the but I have to leave your
not want To moment, no. question unanswered.
answer,
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Killer?
As you wish. It means that Good night, Tip. Tex closes the door, and Carson addresses him with
I'll have to try and find the mischievous expression in his eyes.
answer myself _ ae | Hmm... I hope he will
[He is not stupid, that Tip, andi
night... x find out later, if
ou
cae ask jm me, he will work possible.
cg out who we are!
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Eh, what are you doing? Do not tell me you Despite the words of ..and so I'm going to give him my
plan to go to bed dressed and armed. the deputy sheriff, I
heartfelt thanks.
remain convinced
nen AsI'm The
not pe me
that Don Manuel is
meee = changed _4-\ =
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responsible for the
recent incident...

Yes, sir, at this hour! After what happened, I mean No! Stay here, both of you. \
to tell him good night. For what I want to do.... I hatever,
need to be on my own. Tex. But be
careful not to
\take too many;
 A few minutes later, at the corner of a house overlooking the Maybe some big.... no! It's
Paradise... Don Manuel, the devil take me!
A carriage ... and it is ong iw

to stop right at the

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Gg # Don Manuel? the horses to to know where the good the driver will not hesitate
Don Manuel was tonight... to tell me much.

Staying in the shadows, Tex follows the carriage You have the wrong address, amigo. The only thing
and when the driver is about to I can give you, if you rob me, is ten measly dollars.
move towards his home... Hold it right there,
| my friend! Enter the alley
and keep your
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ip WD shut!
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Already convinced that he was dealing with a bank Where did you take Den Manueb URI Whar do Be,
robber, the coachman obeys grumblingly.... Don Manuel tonight? ———
ft Enough! Take the money ‘T'm not interested in Manuel was? Why don't you ask
and let me go to 2.< your pennies, fool. ei him?
sleep. Se | v

Be careful, monkey! I asked you a question By the devil! Take care not to} | T will release it when you
and I want an answer ... now! put that damn gun down my tell me what I want to know
(7) throat! If you'll release the about. Otherwise...

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Every time he goes to
aaa | Ticpeasiene Galveston, Don Manuel
And I do not :
always makes me stop
disobey the order to
the carriage in one of
stop the carriage.
the streets of the port. The port area,
It's the truth!
you say?
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YES! Exactly By hell! There are more Chinese I do not need anything else, it
there! Where the from those parts than the seems. Now you can go to bed
spines of a cactus plant. or whatever you prefer, as long
as you keep your mouth shut
about our meeting, okay?

Perfectly.

A moment later, happy to get away so cheap, the And now that my suspicions have been turned
driver walks away briskly without even daring to look into certainty, I just have to go and repay the
back... exquisite courtesy of Don Manuel.

as

A few minutes later...

DON MANUEL ! Uh! Who the hell

can that be?
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But the annoyed

Don Manuel has
just time to get
a few paces
away from the
window, when
behind him all
hell breaks
loose...

7 Sweet dreams, Z Ae | The next day, at the Longhorn... ptt

,
Don Manuel! Pt) aramba! 1 recognize
Hello, ‘aud ae
it's that Good morning,
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fo that voice....
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eS damned Killer! | business?

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 Very good! I'm beginning to regret I have heard that tonight someone tried to claim the
having sold the premises. life of Don Manuel. ee

Do not regret anything <Nie"( hCG IS

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Tom, instead serve us , + Mae So

|three cold beers.
> F<" \ a é

word, %
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Lies? Um ... I saw with my own eyes the Well, maybe it was just
broken window of Don Manuel's room, and And what a joker! From
some joker who wanted to the street, you can see the
what smashed in the windows were not make a bit of noise.
pebbles. <x bullet holes in the ceiling.

For me, it is clear
that there was a real
Perhaps sony Who? I? Heaven In that case, you'll be happy to know
are a friend of | | forbid! As far as I'm | | that your wish will be fulfilled. One day
Don Manuel? concerned, my only soon, Don Manuel will become the owner
regret is that he was of a beautiful tombstone not far away.
not finished off.
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Another beer, No, Tom! What I There's just one in your saloon, His name is Rudy Nilsen.
Mr. Killer? would like is for Mr. Killer. Over there! At the corner Ask him. Nilsen knows
you to give me the table by the window. all the players in the
names of all the
region.
professional gamblers
in this region.

That's me! Sit down, Do you know By the devil! With all the noise that *
Mr. Killer. who I am? you have made in this country, I'd
have to be blind and deaf not to know
who you are.

id

What I have done so

N In terms of Can I know what that prospect
A cheerful prospect for the
prospects, I havea is? Maybe the kind that you
far is not nothing people of Texas City.
rather tempting have given To gam
compared to what I'm
offer for you,
going to do.
Nilsen.
 Nilsen, I want to make a proposal:
Do not be pessimistic, Nilsen.
do you want to work for me?
If Poker Jim had not made
the mistake of thinking that
he was very smart, he'd be As an assistant
alive and well. undertaker?

td
I know that Bill No! That work I will T need a cashier and
Brocus, the entrust to another. an administrator!
undertaker of this
region, has had to
work overtime
these days and..

Are you in the I intend to collect ten percent on the] | you want the
mood for earnings of all professional gamblers professional gamblers
{Hin the region... and if you | | +o give you ten percent
accept my offer, five of their earnings? It
percent will be yours. will never happen!
In all probability, instead of a ef end Give me twenty.
you will give me a generous dose of lead About two

ii
And now!
And why would I agree to What do you hundred dollars,
join you, with something have in your
like that hanging over pocket, Nilsen?

Twenty dollars, Nilsen, or Damn! Lower the Colt. I'll

the next bullet will spoil give you those twenty
your appearance. damned dollars.
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Very well. WN

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Send someone to get a notebook ) "GFC"?

or a stack of sheets. The "GFC" What is this?
has started its activity ae
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and we have to record the

first payment.
The Good Fellowship Uh! Good fellowship,~ My proposal is still valid, Nilsen.
Cooperative... don't you eh? You've named it Do you want to join my game?
like it? appropriately. Carson moves
away grinning,
and Tex turns
back to the
gambler...

It will be a hell of a game, Killer, and you'll have You only need to worry about With you Exactly! You
him to enlist all gamblers in Sige the cash. I'll be behind you, or have no other
Texas City, many of whom <7Ae
ame
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and if someone is unwilling, it against alternative.

you, right? —
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Bon Manuel holds all gamblers in Texas City.

Well, it may be that one day or the

Great! Take back
other I might regret it, but the I'm not an angel, Killer,
your twenty dollars,
—-
answer is yes ... I will work with you jqaaiim but I do not ever break
Killer. ie Nilsen...
my word.
From this moment, you are not an oy Now, Nilsen! Make a note of the | [And you will see that
honorary member, but the cash collector before the evening, our
players in this beautiful and nice
of our cooperative. worthy company will
region and when you are finished, have already accum-
we'll go and find them one by one. ulated a beautiful
When do we amount of capital!

A few minutes later... To the health of our And may the heavens
philanthropic cooperative, protect us from the
That's it, Killer. The names of Well! And now gentlemen! bullets of the people
the gamblers are all listed. let's drink to it. of little faith!

And now to work, friends! Do not Damn! He is Moments later, We'll start from IT couldn't wait
forget the old but good rule. The "hard", this the quadret leave the top of the list, \more! Come on
Killer. the Longhorn. which among other amigos!
things, is also the
closest.
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At the same time, at the apartment of Don Manuel, at Poker Jim was much too quick for Standig, and
the Paradise. everyone knows what happened to Poker Jim. So
And there's no No, Don Manuel! And I'm not even
when I go to make your proposal, I think for
one else in the sure that Standig will accept the certain that Standig will
region? assignment. By t e devil! Do you
think twice before
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want me to waste Two

accepting It.
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What good will two thousand \ tf do not Standig will be free | For me, I only care about the result. r\
dollars do you, when you are /pretend that to act as he sees fit want to see Killer finished, once and
lying in a box, ready to be Standig can face and use the means for all. } = You think that you
put in a cool place under Killer in a duel. which will make him
are alone in wanting to
a meter of earth? more comfortable.
see Killer go to hell?

Poker Jim and the others who fell under the The devils take this |
Because I know that I have no
shots of Killer had many friends, and I myself damned intrigue!
chance of surviving a clash with
would like to be the man to settle that
Tex Killer. Anyway, go talk to
| damned man.
Standig and try to
Why don't convince him, ok?
 Meanwhile...
I agree, Don Manuel, I'l
Hello, Nilsen. Do you
do my best .. es
want to try your luck at
No, Fred! For me, here in
Texas City, gambling is now a
dead word.

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Instead, you will listen to * I took the trouble of explaining to Nilsen how
Say it again, Nilsen.
I'm afraid my me, amigo. immoral gambling is, especially when exercised to the
detriment of idiots, and Nilsen immediately
hearing is bad.
understood my reasons. Now, Nilsen serves on the
directing committee of the Good Fellowship
Cooperative and in that capacity, he and I have
come here to talk
with ) Ou.

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‘One moment! I have heard your words The committee, for its
but I'll be damned if I understood your charities, needs funds,
goal. What have I got to do with your and therefore it was
Whaaaat? I'm...
committee? decided that all gamblers Calm down,
in the country must brother. ,
voluntarily contribute a
percentage of their 7
Are you trying to lose the good Do as he says, | By the devil! This Do not get excited about our
opportunity to become a Fred, that thing will take you fate. Instead, be concerned
benefactor of human ould be best. right into the jail that you do not end up at the
—
suffering? cells of this town.

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Write down on the sheet, Damn it! Take them! But the next
How much do Kit... Fred Cole - voluntary time I see you come into this
you have, Fred? contributions: forty place...

die
About
dollars.
four hundred
dollars.

Fred Coles Do not make

threats,
brother.

There are already a dozen fresh graves in the One after another, the cheerful members of the charity
cemetery, and that row can always be extended committee visit, always with excellent results, four
‘further. Do I make myself clear? different saloons, until finally... TOW TT
Next is Tom Hoover. It is he who —
controls and directs all the gamblers , a Nis ee
at the Paradise... - =<
3 —<=_/ Great! We will pay a
visit to this nice Tom
Hoover. 4
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 Do not take him so lightly, Killer. Tom = %
You only just have to act as
Hoover is a tough nut to crack. And it's the cashier. The rest can be
not just him alone in the Paradise done by my friends and I.

Do not turn around, Don Manuel! Killer Get ready to quickly put Can I shoot him,
and his friends are coming ... and Rudy your hand on your gun, if he tries to make
Nilsen is also with them.... Bliss. That Killer is pure trouble?
thinking
meZ poison.

Just think that if you can

succeed in killing him, there are
two thousand dollars ready
for you to slip into your
You already know I'm not I do not ever complain. The only
I've heard of him... >
Mr. Killer? complaining! And thing that saddens me is the disapp-
are you, Mr. Killer? you, Mr. Hoover? earance of some dear friends.

Rest assured, things like that do not

Are you by any chance referring\ you've put your Forget him! It's no happen anymore. From now on, there
to Poker Jim and his finger on it, Killer use fretting over is a committee in the city, dedicated
unfortunate companions? things that belong to the protection and supervision
to the past. of gamblers for J A protection
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ar from it! I myself founded From now on, all the gamblers will A small percentage ™
What is this?
the committee, and I can receive more extensive protection, eh? Damn! Do you
A new kind of ’ '
joke? assure you that I take the and in return, they will know that you have a
matter very seriously. pay in cash to the committee a lot of guts?
small percentage of their
revenue: ten percent!
 T have already told you, Hoover. And} What's Go to hell, both
I also said a lot of you and your ee
other things. Maybe, but —
that?
humorous i
ere is one thing I committee.
have not__ said yet.

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Before he could recover from his surprise, Hoover receives a

second violent uppercut that sends him sprawling onto the Carambal!
| roulette table. He has started
with Hoover.

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S ot Satan! Those i
villains are here
to kill me!
Get up, you guys. Hoover Stay where you are, cooked chickens! And drop
is in trouble. Uh! Then let's those useless scraps of iron! Hurry up!
help him out!

Obstinate, eh? Too bad for you, Xd) As one, the others are quick to
cockerel. give up their guns and raise their
hands...
= not shoot,
a grandpa! |
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\ My 5

Grandpa? Idiot! I'll

show you what this
"grandfather" can do!
 causing it's roulette game to
Tex, meanwhile, has grabbed a side of a table,
roughly fall on the floor.
Out of the \y
_—
way, folks! bp
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nese
el
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And since we're already at that stage, let me give you a warning, And you get up, bunch of sawdust,
folks: the first one who puts his hand ona gun will have his hat and try to tell me to
and everything that's below blown away! go to hell again.

Yes, sir! Glad to see! | Stay calm, Killer! I have a very good
you have a good memory. I do not forget anything.
memory.
You said ten
percent?
 Then do not forget to take out your wallet Come here, Don Manuel... )
and to pay my partner Nilsen the first The furious FEE wo What the hell's going
instalment of your life insurance. Hoover executes to happen to me, after that
8
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s i]
the order, while incident?
in the meantime,
Don Manuel
looks out from
under the table
where he had
been hiding and
Tex calls out to
him...

Do not look so scared, Don Manuel ... what's | My clients are not
I'm sorry, Don Manuel, but do not
the matter? accustomed to
blame me for what has happened.
a ————
these raids, and
Caramba! Do you have you are ruining the
to ask?
Pe fi ee
reputation of my
saloon.
ro
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i
If your Hoover had shown more respect towards How can you expect people to bow to Be careful about|
the committee which I have the honour of your blackmail, without at least \ how you speak,
leading, everything would have worked out fine. attempting to rebel against a BD Don Manuel.
en
taxation so clearl Sh
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illegal?
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First, if there is someone who cannot protest about Second, I and the other members of the committee
illegality, it is you, since you are enriched by the are not blackmailing anyone. We simply collect
help of cheats, swindlers and those who should voluntary donations for a fund that will be used for
swing on the gallows. philanthropic purposes. Pah! Do you“
think that we
are all drunk?

These "voluntary And since I do not want to do wrong to anyone, L'll

donations" will all end also pay for the flowers for those unfortunate Chinese
men some poor fool sent against me yesterday, in the
hope that they would ruin my digestion.
I do not know what
you're talking about.

Oe

Do not say that again. I might be The day when you ... and that day is not far away, Don
tempted to believe you. And since leave this vale of Manuel, especially if you continue
we were talking about flowers, let tears, my committee to hang around certain lemon-
me tell you one last thing. will pay a first-class coloured people.
Damn!
funeral for you, with
music and flags... _

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Mark my words, Mr. Great Man, and also | rma
a || Il
remember to be careful about air currents,
especially when you look out the Protected from | Ee }

behind by Kit and

Carson, Tex and
HR
1 J ~~

Nilsen make their Se Who's left to Rob Hanson,

way to the exit, Visit now? at the Nugget
and a few minutes i Saloon.
later, all four find | il i a > 7 1
themselves = = : Rb = yr | We Ly
outside the ea qo
saloon...

And he is also the last

Great! Let's go then, so we can But soon after, at the Nugget Saloon...
pensar cnr ie Nake finish off our work. Hanson? You arrived too late. He packed his bags and
left on his horse, and, judging by the haste with
which he left, he must now be far away _ie
from the village.

Meanwhile... By the devil! Do you Just last night, I lost a lot of money at the tables of
Think about it, Standig. think that there is any the Lighthouse, and two thousand dollars would be
need to think? just what it takes for me to become solvent again.
——

It's two thousand

dollars, | )
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No advance?
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Don Manuel was adamant on this point: two thousand The whisky Do not worry, Standig. I'm not as
dollars after the job is accomplished. is also hard-hearted as Don Manuel.
finished, a
(aoe You may find ten
damn it! if Sm 6 dollars a bit easier?
i pen =. IN
/' J if y A)

No! But thanks anyway, Ned. I've decided to

accept the proposal of Don Manuel, so it would be
But since you've decided to put
\e
yourself on the warpath, let me give a oe ee
|

Axe
_

better if I did not drink anymore. you a tip: do not attack Killer
from the front. That man is
bad medicine.
They told me Cy =
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Two hours later, at the Platter Restaurant... Forget the devil, Nilsen, if we need help, we will do
And now a final toast to the better to rely on =r
Maybe guns will not be
_ {if prosperity of the Good Fellowship our guns.
enough, if you are determined
=< Cooperative.
to continue to pla
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our tricks.
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 I'm surprised at you, Nilsen. Charity? It seems Eh, Tip! Son of Satan!
How dare you call my charitable to me that... Looking for us?
works “a trick’? i
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No! I cannot do that... If I sit down with you guys, people might
Take a chair and sit next to me,
_ excuse me if I stand. think that I am part of your charity.
Tip ... I'm holding a glass for you.

Uh! Have you |

already been Wa |

What do you think? What piece of crap like that ~~ And since you are here, I think “a
could go unnoticed? Across the region, people are that this is the right occasion for <Qsapmame
talking about it. me to put into your hands the
money from the first collection.
Do not call it "crap".
Just a minute ago, we decided to
It is a charity.
ou the treasurer of our
ae aaah
Pa ), association.
 t —yy
If you are hoping to throw dus Perhaps you have been One moment! You talk about money,
misinformed, but the that it was "raised ", but I was told
truth is that the money that the money was paid under the
raised from the profe- threat of your guns!
Nothing ssional gamblers should
like that. be used for charitable
purposes.

Maybe someone has filed a No! No complaints ... but there are I'll tell you how things
complaint against me and my witnesses who... actually went... before one
partners? of the players wanted to
ee i ee
Pah! Those
make his contribution, he
ail fF |

What nerve!
witnesses are like
a a

te wanted to see how a gun

, fireflies around
worked.
ING lanterns.

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And I, I who am so kind-hearted, I And now how I would not dare do that,
could not help but oblige to his request. about telling the Tip, as the truth is often af,
This is the holy truth, Tip. very dangerous weapon (@— —
and I would not like
a it in your
Extraordinary! ( (s:
 No. It's just a thought By hell, if I Understand what No! I do not want to have anything to
you want, Tip. In do with this money. Keep it, —
expressed aloud, Tip, there understand you! <a ke » fl
are no threats between us.
the meantime, do but be careful, Killer!
you want to take 4,
the money?
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If I happen to stumble upon you while you And without another word, You played a very risky

are "kindly showing your gun" to someone, I the deputy sheriff moves card, Killer!
will arrest you.

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Certainly! This Tip could have decided to If Tip had stretched out Exactly! Except, of course, the
| take the money you had offered him, in his hand, I would not have} | amount you deserve.
| which case you'd just get into trouble. hesitated for a moment to =
Hmm ... L confess that I
give him all the money.
cannot understand
All...
te
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There'll be a moment where you'll understand Behave properly with Great! In that case, I have no
everything ...and when that happens, I am sure me and you'll never worries. I'd bea fool if I thought I
that you will be sober —

have unpleasant could go against you.

Uh! Will it be pleasant
with surprise. surprises, you have
+ i
or unpleasant surprise? It jodee
“ne
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Sint
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About half an hour later, at the Longhorn...

Hmm ... it's not unlikely
A Chinese Yes, Mr. Killer. She came here
that she was sent to lure me
woman? about an hour ago, re into a trap.
asking about you. Cs i} Or to put a bullet in
your head.

She only had this At the same time...

letter in her hand and Ugh! That guy over there gives
I said that I will me the impression of looking
submit it to you ies for trouble.
personally.
oe
He has followed Tex ever since he came out from the T+ would be well not to lose sight of |
restaurant with the others and now he is hiding behind the him. I would not at all be surprised
wagon at the corner of the Longhorn. if, the moment Tex leaves the
C2)Ed £=me— Longhorn, he pulls
-
FS out a gun.

Watch out for the

Here he is! He's wagon, Tex!
emerging now.
i

The minutes pass

slowly and
endlessly, both
for Tiger and
for the man
lurking behind
the wagon,
but finally...
Shot in the leg,
Standig collapses
into the dust,
but he has
decided to sell
his cherished
life, so he
continues to
focus on Tex...

By all the devils! He is a very

obstinate, that rascal! Perhaps I el
had better aim for his head, instead“ a
of his legs. Rod ,
 And yet, I want to keep that
guy alive!

End of the dance! Let's By the devil! Being with you guys is
Now you will not move, beautiful,
go outside, hombres! like living on the edge of erupting
or the next bullet will make you
volcano.
squirt into hell
[a
No : |
wy,
Ps

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rm Tc ca

——

Meanwhile, on the road, which had become deserted Why are you waiting to I am not here to
during the shooting, the crowd returns... | | settle accounts? serve you,
coyote...

@7 And this time,

B = he caught
=. | |

Another
Standig. customer for
= = IW. iMjp undertaker

ia
ae you know him, Yes! It's Standig, one In that case, there is no
Nilsen? of Poker Jim's gang. Who sent you to claim my life?
doubt who is responsible
for sending this gorilla.

Answer me, Standig! Did Don Manuel give Killer! The man Are you afraid to speak?
you this job? who killed my No matter, Standig.
brother.

You're wasting “/
el.\. your time, Killer.

| | | Tell him this, And now someone please call a

order to know the name of the !~«} Standig ... if within doctor and take him away.
worm who sent you, all that I _7-A} y <| | twenty-four hours, | |
need is for you to convey my\\ _. he has not have left
message to Don Manuel. ah the region, the next
funeral will be his!
At that moment... | Killer has dealt \ Damn it! I want to 7 Take it easy,
Make way! Out of You've arrived late, with this man. put that Killer in Sheriff. Perhaps
the celler! you are tired of
Sheriff!
living?

Here comes the Tex and his

law, Killer. > companions turn
around and
Ls “a 1“ -
suddenly notice
the actions of
Min-Li, who had
been hiding among
the people behind
Tex. She gets into
a position to
strike... but Nilsen
is more than ready
to take action!

And ina fatal move, the dangerous NS Evil viper'

-| |\dagger, after arapid journey, ends
up in the shoulder of MacFergus... Let go of
mel
 Hold her steady, Nilsen, That's it, You were lucky,
By all the devils! Our Calla doctor... It! Sheriff. That dagger
while I check and see if Shortt
fears were far from
she has any other weapons burns, damn it! | could have ended up
unjustified.
on her. in your throat!
fo a
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=.
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Fortunate, damn it! By the devil!| | Damn it! What's happening to Help me put him onto
I cannot feel my shoulder... me? Help me... I do not feel the ground ... then step
anything... anymore aside, quickly!

Fainted? Fainted, my horn

No! The dagger has ... his eyes are open and glassy
only a flat surface. ..like the eyes of a dead
He has only man!
fainted.
Z,
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So Ll

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Tex puts a hand onto the sheriff's Put him on the
Poor MacFergus! He
heart, and a little later... wagon and take him
was not worth much
Poor devil...
as a sheriff, but he
was a good man.

That dagger was You! If you had Your brother? Hmm ... Let's get out of here. And be careful
poisoned, right? been struck now, my, we will have to hear not to let this hen escape.
brother would have this story as soon as
been avenged. possible.

About a quarter of an hour later, in the three friend's

room... |
And now you can speak, ) You know very well.
oO girl. You said youg Be. =
He's the man you killed
wanted to kill me in ye 1G
‘\ oy ~
il
' ¥ yesterday ... Ho-Nan...
order to avenge your Sf 3 or

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brother, but that AV oe

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reason smells Sy
=

rotten

=
 He must be one of the Calm down! And before you call me |
You lie! My brother
Chinese men who a liar, listen to me put a new light
could have no reason
attacked us last night on the situation. Looking at you, I
to attack you!
have the impression that you are a
irl who is honest.... a _ |

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[... and I am inclined to believe that your outraged That is why your iz but, if you tell me the truth,
actions were suggested to you by the cunning mind damned dagger caused I promise I will do my best to
of someone who must have the death of a man... get you out of trouble.
“|

... and that is the truth. It's up to Be careful about Calm down, old man... I think|
you now explain to me why you what you're going we are at the point where we
to say, Tex. can, I think, put our cards on
killed my POWER: aaa
Encouraged by
the table.
Tex's friendly Hmm ... my
tone, Min-Li story will be
decides to tell the
simple truth about
the reason why
she had attempted
to kill him...
At best, our friend will Nilsen become pe eter And this is the proof that
shocked when he finds out the real identity of as i confirms what I said.
the buccaneers with whom he is associated. continue the "
struggle by
unveiling his
face, sums up the
whole story and
in the end, brings
out the ranger's
star of out of his
pocket and shows
it to Min-Li and
the stunned
Nilsen ....

I worked with the Hmm ... I do not want to say this, but I must confess that
rangers! this is a blow to me. In all my life, this is the first time I
have worked with the law and...
.
Cheer up,
Nilsen, YoU =
won't Ce =3
regret this. 4/\= en,

hes

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Or a OU
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Forget the real reason why you've come to Today, I will print a hundred
associate with me, and in return you will be warnings and I'll post them on the
the only, YJ gambler whom I will allow oe
to stay in
OY coal doors of saloons and the corners
What about
of the main street. All the
others?
gamblers will have twenty-four
hours in which to leave the region.
Whoever stays, will do By the devil! You'll No! Already for a long I will be nothing other than the
so at his own risk and unleash a living time, there has been wind that can put out lesser flames
peril. hell in this region. and withstand a lot of temperature.

a nice vine
— a

Can you leave my people in peace, sir? The Black Dragon Using the weapons of terror and
They are not all as bad as you think. They controls all the Chinese violence, the Black Dragon has
only need to work, and if they work for activity that takes place imposed his criminal laws on
the Black Dragon, it is 3 in this region... Chinese immigrants...
because they cannot
= IT understand
). perfectly.

.. and through Don Manuel, he used the same Don't be afraid! You Meanwhile...
system here in Texas City, but these regimes can stay here if you
of terror will end very soon, Min-Li! You can So, Killer gave me
want, at least until twenty-four hours to
rest assured of that.
Wang and his cronies leave?
are eliminated.
And where's/ At the doctor's house. With one Caramba! It's almost a shame
What will you do now,
the idiot hand smashed in and his leg broken. | | that that damn Killer did not Don Manic Will Geil
now? | smashed his head in. By the Y
leave the region?
devil!

Are you crazy? Do you LT have influential

It cannot be possible that a bandit
think I will be put off by friends in the
government! I will
like Killer is allowed to spread terror
the threats of this in a peaceful community
request them to
bully?
intervene. Bs
>

And the death of the sheriff gives me a good

Pah! Didn't I already say that I have some influential
opportunity to call for the urgent dispatch of
friends? Stay calm, Ned. The only people who will
the federal police. Hmm ... aren't
you afraid _ soon end up in the cooler is Killer and his worthy
the authorities =m companions, and we, after a period of calm, we will
might stick their 2. "3a continue to act as we have always done.
ose into your
 Understand, Tip? He ordered me to leave Caramba! You ask me? Maybe you are
the country within 24 hours! Me, Don not the representative of the law?
Accompanied by Manuel Espinosa!
Ned, Don Manuel What am I u
Calm down,
visits the sheriff's
office, which has
supposed to do? ff
| Don Manuel...

been taken over

temporarily by Tip WAX
KN ee
AN he
ae 3 wi
a
*

Durbin ... and he

denounces the
threat against him
by Killer...

First of all, I am only the deputy Second, Killer has for ..and I can only intervene
sheriff, and my authority is now only threatened when Killer will try to
unfortunately very limited. implement his threats.

Caramba! I've never heard so much stupidity \ And you realize that if you had Caramba! Do you
uttered in such a short time! Do eed complied with the law from the dare to say this to me,
danger I am in? beginning, instead of exercising { you are nothing but a
your laws with methods that poor wretch earning
everyone in the town knows about, hirty dollars a
Certainly!
today the real law could have month?
Don Manuel.
helped you much more effectively?
 By the devil! You sit down there calmly Get out, or I will arrest you for =
Let us go,
with your hands folded, while one of insulting a representative of the
Don Manuel!
the best small towns in the country is law!
threatened by a bloody adventurer,
but I'll show you...

By all the devils! Tip Durbin will pay me

Do not get angry,
dearly for that, carambal! I will have him
eee Don Manuel. In the
dismissed, and... ‘di eidata e ies
end, what help
Ra could the deputy
give us?

UTINATUN
| Against Tex Killer, he would
not have had the slightest
hope of being able to beat
— : ee
By the “ And in that moment, right at the corner of the street, Don
devil! He will Manuel and Ned come face to face with Tex and his friends.
regret this. Toh! What are you doing here, beer Killer!
belly? Maybe you've come to get a
 Ee

ear ado... lili. eee nothing Strange! I thought you'd like to You're making a
Have you swallowed your apologize for 1 authorising an idiot like big mi
tongue? si a \< To say. ai ig mistake,
Standig to kill me. Killer.

—~
Stop, you, if you care to Kit, disarm that
remain alive! poor fool.

eee

And you, Don Manuel, get out of your head the idea that Says who? Haven't you always trampled on the
you can
—_.
lie to me with impunity! I might be rights of others without regard for
tempted to further shorten the pS anyone?
time granted to you to stay in , aly y.
# if
Listen, Killer ... we can
still reach an
—_

You have no right to

throw me out of this
region!
 You are wasting your time and breath, Don Manuel! | And do not think that you can still enlist the help of
Between you and me, there can never be an your yellow friend, the Black Dragon, Don Manuel, as
agreement. You are finished, and you can consider that would Tie be a big mistake! 3
yourself lucky if you leave the region with your
life. Caramba! How
can you know
a

Get up! Guys like you, when you fall to | And do not forget Tomorrow night, if you're still in
the ground, become dirty from the my warning: you have Texas City, your home will be
heal dust. twenty-four hours to transferred permanently to the
leave the region! cemetery!

But, just a dozen steps away, Tex hears someone

And now let's go, amigos.
calling him.
The air stinks too much. Tex! Would you mind entering here for
-
Uh! Perhaps you
a moment? _
a rf I, E EME! —— want to arrest me for
ie - \" tO cee...

a ei

ee ie ™

a
 No, no arrests, Tex! Just a chat Sit down, please ... Thanks, but no! What's the matter,
between me, you and your friends. a cigar? Tip? The fact that you are so
courteous worries me. ——— ews

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> CoN
atl Re el 4
ear Tih

Have you in mind to put me ina cool place} |I just want to tell you
After I witnessed the brutal end that
because of the clash with Standig? a story about some
occurred to poor MacFergus, I came
people who happened
here to take his place temporarily...
Nothing to arrive recently in
like that. this region.

... and the first thing I looked at were the Poor MacFergus was not a very neat Make it short, Tip, I
documents stacked in drawers, so that I man and he simply dumped into the do not care to know
could put them ina little order. drawers even the outstanding the habits of the
warrants for wanted people. late sheriff.
 Have a little patience. I'm going to get to the end of | |A copy of the "Border" magazine from three years
this short story. I was saying that I rummaged ago, where, ina long article by a reporter, there was
among old papers scattered a story about a brilliant company of certain rangers
inside drawers and guess what You tell me, Tip.) in San Francisco ...
I found? ieee eee

yw %
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fi

... and look inside, along with the names of the Yes! I end here, Righe: ain Sou tannins Dmeaut =.
three rangers, there are also photographs of Willer, but since | | fll yowall ci che Lircropportuntay
them, which are not very nice, to tell the we seem to Soe mighieewell dew non
- truth... understand each
Just so, Tip. Your other, will you tell
stories end here.

And Tex, this time | | And that's all. ) Hmmm ... it was to be The situation in this region has become
for the benefit of expected, assistance intolerable and poor MacFergus was not
Tip, sums up the from the rangers. the man who could remedy the situation.
entire story
starting from the as he connected =
moment he had Don Manuel?
received orders
from the
Commander of the
Rangers, until the
a

discovery of the
relationship
between the Don
Manuel and the
Black Dragon...
“Nol I do not think that he could have | He knew that the city is full of
dropped so low. He was only a poor man, | | crooks, but he also knew that if
eager to avoid trouble. he tried to clean it, he would
have earned himself a place at
the cemetery.
ee
ay
Yeah! And forty dollars a
month is not enough of a
wage to become a hero or
a martyr, no?
eC

pl e aT “ 1
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the
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Bye ee ee aes 2 af i A pti

I only get paid thirty, Willer, and yet, now And do not be Now that the cards Tamat
that I can act with a degree of intimidated by the quite} | are on the table, we your orders,
independence, I am ready to risk my life in| | dark prospect waiting can act together. Willer.
this job. You are the right for you.
man for the job, Tip.
nana :

INo orders! With MacFergus dead, you now To expel him from this region I suppose you know
represent the law, while my friends and I continue by tomorrow ... or obtain for that Don Manuel has
to act as private citizens. him a long rest under a meter many friends among the
at are your
Se,
WaiC Of f Garth. ‘a
intentions about Don “a a i

Manuel?

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‘I know! But before the big boys can intervene, Don Go straight to the telegraph office
Manuel and his organization will be wiped out, and, and block any dispatch that Don By the devil!
in this regard, you should do mea Manuel intends to send to his That's what
friends. L'll do now. LA
favour. _——————— eee Se —

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While Tip runs to the

telegraph office, Tex ATTENTION
and his friends go to
the printing office of All professional gamblers,
thieves, vagabonds and
the local newspaper,
outlaws who want to
and after an hour has
ensure their good health,
passed, they bring out would do well to leave
with them a hundred Texas City by sunset
_ notices which they Tomorrow.
begin to post at the —— adn

doors of saloons and The Public Safety Committee

on street corners...

All others are just ordinary people who joined

the gang of the Black Dragon to be able to work
Are there No, sir. Only Wang
in peace, and they will be happy if someone
others that you and his five men.
lifted the yoke which weighs on them.
Ly
Kit, you will ride out and look for Tiger, who must Nilsen, are you
certainly be somewhere around here. I want you to Sure! I'm not much of a shooter, but
interested in coming
inform him of the current situation and tell him that I know the port area perfectly and I
with us?
on the road to Galveston can be very useful as a guide.
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Splendid! You will see that we will give you an Meanwhile...

evening you will not forget so easily. —Heb Kiothingl 'll wait
for the arrival of the
Say I believe thatwithout) federal troops whom my
| a —_ friends will send for sure,
as soon as they have

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Read this! Killer and his friends have posted

all over the region.
Don Manuel! What the hell
does he want?
Don Manuel!
 x Since I am no longer
Damn! He wants to do *
Caramba! This alone in being
big things, that Tex
complicates threatened by Killer,
things, doesn't No, simpler. now it will be easy to
convince the others to
form an alliance with me

if Bat er ‘ |
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Ned, I leave to you the task of contacting all those
'who feel threatened by this stupid warning. Let them
all come tonight to the Paradise.
Convince them that, if we are all united, we shall
have no difficulty in giving that damn Killer what he
deserves: a healthy dose of lead. And, from now
until tomorrow night, I'll pay everything myself,
including even the ammunition. Run!

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And you, Red, come with me. I'll give you a ™~ | Later... i Only this, Tip, and heaven
message to take to Galveston. knows what it may cost me, if I
And this is the only do not transmit it. If the dire-
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message that he gave oF ctors of the company find
you to transmit? ‘out that L've illegally detai-
ned a dispatch, I'll have a
Rx: mountain of trouble.
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responsibility. Stay calm.
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Tonight, we will rehearse in Galveston, in the Are you crazy? This star at the
Chinese district. front prevents me from partici-
If you want to
come Too... pating in a get-together like this.
will certainly cause But I can help you in another way.
quite aracket. 44

By inviting the sheriff and the deputy sheriff of And speaking of dispatches, here's what Don Manuel
Galveston to this town tonight. They are my friends, intended to send.
and if I send them an urgent dispatch, they will rush
here for sure and, in this way, you will have no
trouble while you are busy a
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Great! Do you mind if I keep this To remind myself to go and |

piece of paper? kick the illustrious Judge
Judge Pearsall
b j= 42 Vectorie Street
Of course not. Pearsall, when I pass by
De Y) Austin But why? Austin.

The Sheriff of Texas City ix dead

stop deputy unable to face the
vtuatiow
sop peace in the regrow
servovyly threatened
by ovtlawy
Mop| pray that you will intervene
quickly with Federal authorities _ |
yop my greetings
at
Don Mextare/ ESD/NOSF

Bah, now I'm going back hanks, Tip. A few hours later, in Galveston, at the
to the of fice and I will T'll let you home of Wang, the Black Dragon...
send my dispatch. I
know how it (* received this a little
Greetings, Willer.
went. while ago, from one of
Don Manuel's men.

The man is Yes! Tell him to report to Don Manuel that

waiting down- tonight fifty men of the Black Dragon will be in
stairs. Should I Texas City and will not return until after
having butchered Killer and his
friends.
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Fifty men! By the devil! Q

Killer and his friends will be
literally cut to pieces.

An hour later, the messenger of Don Manuel enters Texas By the devil! I must warn him ... Nilsen saved my
City and it is at that moment that fate plays it’s cards in life last year. And now I want to repay him.
favour of Tex...
_} Toh! Nilsen! And now
that I think about it, Nilsen is also yo
among the friends of that devil

Red! What “To pay off my debt, Are you still with that implacable
ail Cs Nilsen. re——_
Satan, Killer?
, = Hmm ... better Only partially,
tell him half Red, why?
I'll tell you why. Tonight, half an army of little | | One hundred percent, Nilsen. So you You can count on it, Red.“
yellow men will arrive in this region and anyone | | Would do well to stay away from Killer, And thanks for the
if you value your life. Understand? warning.
they find alongside
Killer will be a dead

a about this?

The idea of sending me Why? Have you

to go and buy more
found a gold nugget in
cartridges turned out
to be middle of the road?
providential.

Better! I encountered this person whose life| | Well, what do you

I saved a while ago and this guy wanted to Wud Wilzen It is news that will
be truits of my story?
induce a little
repay my kindness. repeats what
a

he was just ae change in my plans.

told a moment
ago by Red,
about the raid
planned by the
Chinese...
To begin with, we will emerge one at a time from the Several hours later, on the way to Galveston, Tex and his
hotel and go in different directions, while avoiding, as friends, armed to the teeth, get together and Tex gives
far as possible, speaking to anyone else. Then, at dusk, the final instructions.
we will join together on the road to Galveston, two Just one, Tex, I believe
miles from the town. And that's all. No
that we should approach
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In this way, we will have the chance of Into the saddle,

moving back easily if the matter took a turn then, and let's wait
for the worse, while the Chinese will remain at the bridge.
blocked by the two shoulders of the bridge.
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see who IS & too far away. the two in the first carriage...
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Yes! And there's a good bet

that the coaches are packed
with a whole bunch of other out ahead
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yellow men. of time.
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behind their backs, cling to the base of the bridge | |advance quick
and begin to advance by using their arms...
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fifty yards from the end of the bridge, a shot and a Killer and his friends, you can spare yourselves the
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Well, yellow Drop your weapons and
coyotes, what will | | : surrender, or...
 Terrified by the gunfire, the horses of the first carriage try
to move back, but, blocked by the carriage behind them, they
end up panicking, and in a desperate attempt to escape the
increasing number of bullets hissing around them, they break
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cover behind theé
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out! back! All must come forward! There are only three~
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to be grazed by a .
bullet.
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hurricane of lead. Why are Kit
and Tiger waiting ——
to give us a hand?

Calm down, Ca:

old man, and keep ee
ourself protected)
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By Confucius! They are releasing the |

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By all the gods. Look what an uproar ¥ Come on! We will show them
they are causing on that the two of us, in terms
Get back!
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 Decimated by
the infernal
gunfire of Tex
and his friends,
the demoralized
Chinese hesitate
for a moment,
then, as one
man, they seek |
refuge inthe
only direction
possible.

By the body of Bacchus! They got their ideas a little confused, and they
I've never seen people so wanted a good bathroom to refresh their brains.
quick to cut the rope! : , | It seems a
miracle that we
are alive.

Go get the
horses.
We have yet to settle accounts with Wang and the We're all
other big boys, if we want to destroy forever the right, Kit.
gang of the mes — ad = (eer S ——
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| This way! The den of Lin-Wu

Getting back into is around that corner.
the saddle, Tex
and his friends
continue towards
the port of
Galveston, where
they leave their
horses at one of
the piers and
follow Nilsen...

Stop, little men! Which one of you is Lin-Wu, the owner

of this dirty saloon and big jumble of filth, and
accomplice of the Black Dragon?

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Come along! Can no-one tell me where that Lin-Wu, vile reptile! Where
creature is? Answer, yellow heads! are you?

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snake! ——_ )

Cow ...
ardly... dog ...
aahhh!

Nothing to say, you guys know Very well. Then,

Before dawn rises, Wang, Ho-Peh, Tien-Lao, Shang-Ho
listen: this is the last night of the Black Dragon.
and Tao Nan will all rot in hell ... and tell this to your
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will end up in the dust with a head full of hot lead!
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By Confucius! I |
must run to warn §.—

Don't you think that once Much of the band

they gather together, they has already been
will become harder to defeated, my friend. ,
crack?

As for the others, they must be so frightened that Come, Nilsen. Do not look so glum and take us
very few will run the risk of being on the side of those Wang's lair, where the other four coyotes are
on whose heads we have imposed a sentence of death. sure to go. ceo
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They are all here, then ... all our rats

ina trap.

Bound and gag even this little man: we will Just stay here for at least an hour, and But if you dare to
you'll see that nothing bad will happen to raise the alarm
not take risks. —
before we have
Do not hurt me, sir. entered Wang's
house, we will cut
your skin into
 ’ know | By y Confucius!
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Stay calm. They
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will not dare to even move. They |A Tew minutes later... Po
what would happen to them in the opposite case. They're all running
here like sheep that have seen a

The guard slides open the peephole No fuss, friend, or I will start Even though you cannot see
and, a second later, a hand grabs him | | firing this beautiful six-shooter me, you know that it will be
firmly by the hair. calibre! enough for me to pull the
trigger and blow away half
your face.

And now you have three seconds to open /” Carson Kit! Enter and keep \I
up, after which, if you have not done so, an eye on him! | a
I will pull the trigger. 7 " )
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afterwards... And now, my nice man, lead And without
us to the great Wang. making a noise,
Let him go, Tex! f |
We have him! :

U tering silent curses, the Chinese man goes to the ... but, as soon as the gap in the idol opens, he
Fe door, presses the button slowlly.... rushes through it, while at the same time launching
a cry of alarm.

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Forward!
Now, he will not be
But he will not have time to
able to run for a long
boast about it.
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. invaded the hideout.
—_ My honourable lord! Killer
and his dogs have entered
ap By the gods! Stay
the passage.
' ~~ outside the door and
hold them off for as

Hold them off? My word! If the Dragon

thinks I'm willing to carry out the task of
being shot by the devils, he is wrong.

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By the gods! Will we always continue

to flee like dogs? We came here to
be united and to fight!
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You can fight, Tao-Nan, Speak! Tex! There may bea
but according to my trap inside.
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succession... Z

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Forward! Destroy this damned Shoot well, dogs! I'll soon
den of snakes! have my revenge.
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Let them run, amigos. We'll break An elevator? By the

down the door. Behind the devil!
door ... there ...
is an elevator ...
going up ... To
Wang's... house...

But be careful not to cross the threshold! Back! Leave it to me. I will smash open the \
If the elevator has already gone, you may panel with the butt
fall into the hole.

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Too late! Those bastards have By Manito!
In a few minutes, already escaped to safety.
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under the furious
blows of Tiger,
the door is torn
apart and it falls
aside, but in the
meantime, Wang
and his
accomplices have
escaped...

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Att the same instant, with a loud thud, a heavy iron ..while from an opening in the ceiling, strange
grate falls down and cuts off the retreat down the fireballs begin to fall down.
hall...

By a thousand devils, they want to burn Lightning! It does not get off ,
Hurry! Kick those us alive! Nilsen is the the ground! It seems to be
things en into the hallway. / using
irst t o a r i v e a t
| | first to arrive at | | boilingi tar!
ADS one of the
flaming bundles,
but when he
kicks it away, he
realizes that it
is composed out
of very soft and
sticky material.
 Ha! Ha! Ha! Killer! What do you
And now my feet is think of the sample of hell that I'm
burning! Tex! giving you?

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Killer! Do you
hear me?

Killer! Soon you will

Removing the boot be... aaahhh!

of poor Nilsen, Tex

quickly stands up and
throws off his
gloves, which in
their turn catch fire.
A moment later, he
whips out both his
Colts and opens the
fire of hell towards
the little hatch in
the ceiling...
 By all the devils! If we really have to go to hell,
we will have the consolation of having first sent
the yellow demon there!
Uhm ... small
Kill that... consolation,
dog... aaah!

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a Yes! But, Tex, if you had not Tex! The fire is To the gate! Perhaps we can
Nilsen: pulled off my boot, I would have increasing! dislodge it.
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you... tip... the rest... of (i
the fire ... into the...
room.... then ... get...
“Lower the lever ... on
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the... right side of
\the door ... then... . .
 ee. | ) a. Nothing doing! It does) | At that moment, with a sizzling
not even move! noise, a pillar of fire falls from
Come on! Let's try | Ae the ceiling...
together! Come on!

and Tex and his friends, though they do not have much in
the effectiveness of their shooting, react instinctively.
a cae

Hurry! Shut \ By Confucius, it is a Well! And now let's

the hatch! miracle that we did go. Ina few minutes,
not get hit'! this house will be a
living hell.
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But a moment later... By the mighty gods! Anxious hands pull aside the heavy |
This is not possible 4 curtain from the doorway...
The lever! The lever il # | _

is no longer there! Closed! By the gods! We»

are lost!

curtain! Perhaps the

exit is not blocked,

Meanwhile, in the hall of the Dragon, a tongue of Amigo, we will gladly take you
fire has reached the Chinese man, who lets outa out of here, but it seems we
muffled groan... are all destined to end
in el he door
up eing roastedin feat cand
By the devil!
this den.
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Door? There's another door in this By the devil! I'll go ... I noticed Damn it! I must find it at
hell? Speak! it when we walked in, the any cost, that damned lever!
Dragon's tent curtain.

~ curtain... you'll Go! But watch out

see... a lever ... for the fire.
pull it... down../
 The lever! It has to B Heaven forbid that we
be this. cannot open the door of Ay
Choked by the salvation!
smoke, Kit arrives
at the wall where
the infernal '

machine rests. The hi =

big curtain is now

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attached to the
wall is still intact...

A moment later, with the jarring noise of gears, the ... and only when the long table, driven by toothed
sharp toothed roller begins to turn... roller, disappears through the wall, Kit realizes
that the opening created at the base can be a
Damn! It's turning!
source of exit...
But, it does not reveal oa “S
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That's not so important!

He told us not to leave
him here, and since he
has shown us a way out,
Hurry! Hurry!
the least we can do for
Follow me.
him is take him with us.
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And while crossing the burning room, Tex and his
friends distinctly hear anguished cries coming from
above. \ i

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One after another, Tex and his friends arrive at a large room, cluttered Certainly! And \
with machinery and cases, where they soon notice a door... Tex, did you something tells
hear those me that they
By all the devils! Just a little bit longer and my
screams? were from our
clothes would have caught fire.
friends of the

For some reason we'll never know, the rascals That is the fate that would have befallen us, if this poor
must have been trapped upstairs and now they devil had not revealed the way out of the room.
find themselves in trouble.

ig It's monstrous!
They'll be burnt
yy alive.
 Forward! Let's see how we can open that it closedsV Yes! But a lock like
door...the sooner we get out of here, the this is easy to shoot
better it will be. pen

Un. . hhelAH, i Tex, I'm thinking

All right! Let's see if we
about the people can get them out...
N il above...

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Followed by his uo
collapsing!
friends, Tex goes | fim
up to the top
floor, from where
emerges more and
more loud and
desperate cries
for help, but a few
moments later, a
deafening roar
shakes the
building ...
By the horns of the devil! I do not want, in The fear of being under the rubble gives wings to
addition the Dragon, that this should also | Tly to the five men, who, ina few minutes, jump
become our end. Aaa WEY onto the small barge, cut the mooring and push
themselves under the vault of the canal...

Come onl
Come onl

Gosh! If I get out alive from this hole, I Come on, friends! Let's
will retire to the country and get outside!
pelea Be cheerful, Nilsen! I
see a light at the end

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Reaching the for giving us a hand. = understand anything anymore
horses and climbing
into the saddle, o> J Don't mention
| it) 2
Tex and his friends '\ Good night to pe a)

do not waste time ouall!|! Sa >

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in going back to
Texas City, where
they arrive in front
of their hotel and
take leave of
Nilsen.

I warned Nilsen to stay away from Did I not warn you to keep|
Killer and his associates, but then he well away from these guys?
joined... uh! Now Nilsen is leaving them You are fortunate that the
... and he is heading right this way. Chinese of Wang have not
yet arrived, otherwise...
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Don Manuel put me on guard here, and q And you thought you'd be here to“, Don Manuel told me... ne
fire
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when I saw you arrive with Killer and witness the massacre of Killer
the others, I nearly had a fit. and his friends, and then go and _/ Stop with your Don
report this to Don Manuel? Manuel, and instead
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Nn ly!
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open your ears...
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I already saved your life once, and Red, if you are expecting the Chinese He will not be coming
you've returned the favour, but now, Black eibagan you can wait till you fall for the simple reason
hard head, I'll put you back in my asleep. oe be coming! that the Black Dragon
debt. and his co-workers are
most likely in hell at this
time.

They are all doomed, right?
And if you still have half a
gram of brain in your head,
you would do well to saddle
your horse and flee like a
thunderbolt.
I cannot tell you more, Red.
Remember, however, to take my
advice very soon, before the day
of reckoning!
Do you really think \ pon Manuel
that Killer and his | and band
4 Friends will manage / have no
(| |to beat the band of chance of
winning.

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They will all run away before sunset. Will you I just remembered
Or they will end up as fertilizer for leave? shot T have an old aunt | ¥... and I think that
the grass at the cemeter in need of care and it is my duty to go
Hmm . . thanks for companionship, in
the advice, Nilsen. “> Montana
The day after... Red saddled his horse at dawn this morning; he loaded his
And Red has { Stock and barrel! I spoke duffel bag and left for an unknown destination.
disappeared?’ recently with the groom at the 1
x stables. Ye & | | Me sf e What the hell did he swallow!
mC en a th wind, LT What could have driven away?

Can't you imagine? The fear of having to There must be some-| | We'll soon know why. Here he
face the guns of Tex Killer! thing that went Gilbert should be back at is! He's
wrong in this matter any moment from arrived.
... where are Wang's Galveston, and...
men? Why they did
not show up in night?
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/ | | No! Not with him nor with the owner of |

{ Finally! Did you the den ... Killer and his friends have
talk to Wang? been to Galveston, last night, and they
made a clean sweep of the entire gang!

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PS Don Manuel! How can L talk, if Iam
being choked?

Bah, I can only tell you what

little I know from questioning
_ people at the harbour.

Killer and the friends ambushed Wang's men at the Then they broke into the den and they ——
Galveston Bridge, inflicted heavy stuffed lead into poor Lin-Wu. Then, they | Ahh...
casualties and then put them to flight. Finally unleashed hell in the Wang's
house and reduced it
into a pile of
steaming ashes...
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And Wang? And hey had been pulled from

the others? the rubble just before I Caramba! Someone
must have ratted. Yeah! This now
got there. They told me Red! explains why he so
they were very
readily cut the rope
unrecognizable.
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We'd better decide what to do about Killer and his

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in my hands here... needless to fret over that
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But that damned ultimatum will cost him a Go and gather the others! When they are all at the
revolver in his throat, caramba! This will show Paradise, we will transform this place into a fortress
him who Don Manuel Espinosa is! —_— and we'll see what we will be able to do
ate
against that damned scoundrel ...
quickly!
Meanwhile... ( It's me ... Tip! ~ fi | Hi, pilgrims! To tell you the At this hour?
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a Enter! still be in bed. noon!

Tip, I present to you Tiger Jack, the Indian friend | Was he also involved last night, with the committee
of whom I had spoken before. of thugs who caused havoc in the Chinese district of|
( My pleasure, cc Galveston: > Exactly! ce Who fold
age liger'!Boxe ———— you about this?
Bm, Nilsen?
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No! I have not yet seen him. Instead, I Hmm ... I guess that you will be
received a note from the | curious to know in detail the whole
sheriff of Galveston ...
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go with you.
Tex does not
Pah! I have half a
delay in telling
mind to throw this
him what
star from the
happened the
night before ...
and at the end,
Tip takes a deep
breath...

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Don't do it, Tip! Keep it instead, so that the Are yeu No, Tip! You are the man for the job and you
lecturing me
star is always respected. Only then will it 3 me, }| | have no need for sermons by an old devil“1:like
never be a burden to you. me. I'm just pointing out the right path to
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Sheriff? Do you believe that I
could be elected sheriff of this
damned region?
Yes, Tex! This is my city, I would like the law to be
and I forgot that its respected. I wish the crooks do
Do you care inhabitants have had a not...
sheriff like poor
MacFergus.
 Amigos, do you want to lend a hand to And now, we can finally take out our stars!
Tip so that he will be nominated as They will make a fine show in the streets of
sheriff? With the region today, while accompanying Tip who
pleasure! has decided to make a clean sweep today. __U

Damn!
| You mean you take me To the a Be cheerful, Tip! If you Couldn't It's bettertobe ‘N
with you? I have to attend to settling of stay alive until the end of you bea realistic when you are
accounts? But the day, the people of going to accompany
little more
ofcourse! Texas City will not
realistic certain people.
hesitate for a second to
nominate you as sheriff.

I agree! It's better risk my life by your side, then| And now, let's all go and grab a bite to eat. Facing
sit quietly in that damned office. battles on an empty stomach is something that will
 Soon after, on the way to the Platter Restaurant... |
By all the devils!

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Rangers!
rangers!

Half an hour later, at the restaurant... You could have told me that you had
Toh! Here is our good Nilsen! decided to play fair, right? Damn it! No,
Welcome! = | the whole town is in an uproar. They are
_ talking of nothing but you! The rangers!
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angry, Nilsen

Do not be angry? My word! I wie s | Nilsen, would you like to wear a

to participate too liquidation of Don But, how can decoration on your chest?
Manuel and his associates, but now that) |/ TI now stay at your
you've pulled out your stars... side? Explain
What?
Do not make me repeat it! Would you Vou know Nilsen, I offer you the
The past does not
like the beautiful star of the "deputy what I am, opportunity to turn the page in
matter, Nilsen. I,
sheriff"? and... the story of your life. As long
Too, once, was an
Do not joke, Tex! as you say yes, our honest Tip
will take you on as his deputy_
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And now, let's move to my office.
And thank you, Tip. I promise that
You can take the oath and I will give
you'll never regret the confidence
you your star, and then...
_ which you have given me.
Thanks, Tex. And then I can
I'm inl prove that I am
worthy of it.

However, at that very moment... Why do you ask? I have the right to
remain in the city, and I will defend my
Rangers! They are rangers! By > /———— tate, right with the weapons
the devil! } in my hand, if need be.
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And if those damned men dare to abuse the lead star they And now, stop looking at me with those faces
wear, I will make such a complaint to the authorities, that worthy of a funeral! Check your weapons, and
they will send them to a cool place for the rest of their get ready to show those people that we are
not afraid of them!

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Rangers! Caramba! I do not give a damn if they | But as soon as the angry Manuel is out of sight...
are rangers! </By the devil! I'm going
What are we Yyou do whatever with you. The air
doing, guys? / you want.I'm smells too much of
going to saddle exas City cemeter
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The whole mob

is leaving the
region!
Yeah Lightning! It's
a real exodus! ,
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Is that not what to embellish the cemetery with a devil! You
Just one you wanted? pile of stones, but since you prefer bet.
moment, folks. a long life to a glorious death, a
Leaving the wish you a good journe
region? people remember that
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Let's go! And to hell with this Damn! This means the opportunity to earn my star is gone.
region!
It's not over yet... someone must
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Fetch the people, Kit, they will certainly want And shortly thereafter, thunderous
to celebrate this incident at the expense of cheers resound in the big saloon...
the bar at the Paradise. And now, a triple Hurrah!
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angers: oo Hurrah!

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