Men had been quickly rounded up within the very few minutes that were
needed in getting the cars out and ready to run. There were hundreds of
men in Paloma who had grown to despise Duff and all the evil crew behind
the gambler.
From the outset the leaders of the posse, on hearing, of the direction
first taken by the fleeing raiders, had calculated on the gully as the
probable place of halting.
While the posse was still on the way out to the gully, and at some
distance away, the sound of Ashby's discharging gun had reached them.
Reasoning that the raiders would probably place a guard only on the town
end of the gully, the posse had made a wide detour, so as to approach
the gully from the westward. Leaving the cars at a considerable
distance, the pursuers, with Mr. Hawkins at their head, had made quick
time on foot.
In the fighting that had followed five men of the posse had been hit,
though none dangerously. These wounded men, after the fight, had been
sent back to Paloma in one of the automobiles.
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