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To learn whether Pierce is behind the plot to steal the white horses, Greg

Sanders arranges a trap at a blacksmith's shop where the shoes of

Betty's horse were reportedly removed.

The trap is sprung as two of X-1's men appear at the shop where Stuff and Pop

are waiting and...

Hold it, you two.

Take your hands off those guns.

Stand up.

We want to know who sent you here.

Santy Claus.

You're just getting coverage, sir.

I know how to make him talk.

Don't move.

A little heat is all right.

Hey.

Now we're going to find out what you're looking for.

My pal said I ought to have a lucky horseshoe. Yeah.

What's wrong with that?

My wise guy.

You'll talk plenty before Pop gets through with it. That's not the way we

heard it. We got you covered. Drop your gun.

Drop those guns.

He makes a third one we'll have in custody.

Tie him up and take him to Captain Riley's if there are substations.

Don't worry about Pop.

I'll take care of him.

I don't know anything.

So neither you nor your two buddies back there know who you're risking your necks

for. We aren't risking our necks.

You seem to have forgotten the little matter of a murder charge.

At least you do know what the man you are working for is after.

What does he want with those five Arivanian horses Prince Emil presented

to his friends?

He never mentioned it.

Then you have talked with him. Mr. Nobody talks to him.

I think I know one man, Captain, who does talk to their boss.

We'll get it out of him.

You better get...

Before you can get a hold of him, he won't be able to talk to anybody.

I see what you mean.

Thanks for the tip.

Monroe, lock him up. Right, sir.

You were referring to that fellow Silver who manages Pierce's Cafe, weren't you?

Yes, he runs the strong arm squad for the higher up.

We'd better get to him before something happens.

I've got an angle on that.

I'd like to hear it.

Well, it's only a guess, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

When I told you about those trick horseshoes being at the blacksmith shop,

I knew, of course, it wasn't true.

Keep talking.

Let me ask you, who else was present when I mentioned the blacksmith shop?

Why, uh, George Pierce. He wanted to go right out with us to investigate.

Now, wait a minute, Greg. You're not going to tell me that you suspect

Pierce. That's exactly what I'm trying to convey.

He's the higher-up we've been looking for.

But he offered to go along.

Sure, so he'd know it in case we did find anything.

Could be.

Pierce was the only one that knew that I was going to the blacksmith shop in the

morning for those horseshoes.

So what does he do?

He sends those men tonight for those shoes.

That makes sense.

Besides, Pierce's white horse is the only one the prince presented that

hasn't been stolen.

If there's one way to find out, we can pick up Pierce for questioning.

And get nothing out of him?

No, he's too clever to give himself away.

But I have an idea of how we can prove whether or not we're on the right track.

What's happened?

I gathered from what that man Sadlow let slip, that Silver's in bad with the

boss, and something's likely to happen to him before morning.

Yes, I got that too.

Besides, the chances are the boss is waiting for a report from those men who

got away from us tonight.

Right again.

If Pierce is our man, one of two things should be true.

Either Pierce will not be home, or those men will be hanging around the cafe to

make their report.

Then let's go and see if he's home.

We'll take my car. It's right outside.

And so then that vigilante guy gets the drop on Merck, and the only thing the

rest of us could do is to get out of there.

Have you reported this to X-1 yet?

No, we're afraid to.

Lefty and I don't know what X1 might do after coming up another job like this.

We sort of hope that you might talk to him. You know, he has a lot of respect

for you.

I'll be glad to help you, Doc. Well, thanks a lot. Lefty's waiting right

outside. Wait a minute. I'll be right with you. Fine.

Well, the quickest way to find out if Pierce is home is ring the doorbell.

Let's take a look around first.

Something wrong, Lefty? Plenty.

The sheriff's car just sneaked in the back road without lights. Greg Sanders

and that Captain Riley are prowling around.

I've been waiting for a chance to take care of Sanders.

You boys wait here.

Boys, keep out of sight.

Stop your shooting.

It's Captain Riley and Greg Sanders.

Well, come out in the open where I can see you.

Hey, you fellas came very near being killed.

You're a fair shot, all right. Those bullets were pretty close. I'm terribly

sorry, Greg, but I saw a car drive up without lights, then two men prowling

around. Of course, I didn't know it was you.

What's it all about?

We had a tip there might be trouble here tonight. Trouble?

What kind of trouble?

An attempt to steal that white Aravanian horse of yours.

Maybe we'd better take a look in the stables. There's no need, Greg. The

horse is perfectly safe. I was down in the stables myself a few minutes ago.

That way must have been taken in by a false alarm.

We'll be going.

I think you'd better stay on the alert for a while, Mr. Pierce.

Don't worry, Captain. I will.

Good night. Good night.

No, that'll be another time. Is it all right to go to the cafe now? Yeah, but

I've decided to take my own car. You can follow.

I think you two might get a better break if I talk to X-1 first.

Hello?

Well, we found out one thing. Pierce is home. We sure did. I can still hear the

hum of those bullets.

Let's put them in the clear as far as I'm concerned.

I'm afraid I can't agree with you, Captain.

I still think he's the man we're looking for.

Well, maybe so.

Drop me off at Pierce's Cafe. I have a date with Betty Winslow there.

What, again?

You've taken quite a shine to that little rodeo queen.

Calling Sheriff's Car 14, Car 1-4.

Go to intersection of National and Highway 66.

Traffic accident and major fight.

I'll have to take that in, Breck.

Put me off near a telephone. I'll have stuff pick me up.

Okay.

Well, it's like I was saying, boss.

By the time we got to the blacksmith's shop, the vigilante was waiting there.

Yeah, he jumped us before we had a chance to do any searching.

I might have guessed those horseshoes weren't hidden there.

Mr. Pierce got a bad tip from that fellow Sanders and passed it on to you,

that's all.

All right, so much for the horseshoes.

What's more important is that I'm short 20 of those red pearls.

You're short 20 tears of blood?

That's right.

Say, you don't think we're holding out on you?

No, I don't. I know who's been holding out on me, and I'm going to pin him down

right now.

Unlock that door and bring in X2.

Come on in there, X2.

Silver, you know me well enough to realize I don't stand for any disloyalty

or dishonesty.

I want the 20 pearls you held out on me, and I want them now.

Why wouldn't you try to hold out? on you, X1.

I'm not that big a fool.

I think you are.

Search him.

Here they are.

Place them on the table.

I can explain.

I didn't intend to keep them.

Silence. I'm doing all the talking from here on, Silver.

Unfortunately, though, you won't be able to hear what I'm saying.

Give me a chance. I'll make it up to you. If you'll only give me a break.

Show him what the town looks like at night, boys.

And make sure he won't be able to tell anyone what he saw.

Help me. You haven't been along at the wrong time. We'll have to take you with

us. Look, I don't know what all this is about, but you're not taking me

anywhere. Well, you'll guess again, sister.

Hey, Greg.

That looks like Betty those men are throwing in that car.

That is.

That face started as quick as you can.

like the same ones we had to fight with in the blacksmith shop, Greg.

Oh, there they are.

Who is it for you to regret a time like this?

And you wouldn't forget a time like this to have your car laid up for a paint

job.

Can you make this crate go faster?

Wide open.

If I can beat that train to it, that'll stop whoever's following you. You think

we can make it? We've got to.

Is Betty Winslow to meet the same fate as that intended for Silver?

And what new complication is this at the Carnival Grounds?

See the amazing answers in The Trap That Failed, Chapter 13 of The Vigilante, at

this theater next week.