JACK SHANNON IS THE LAW ON THE LAST FRONTIER
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Susitna River Valley, Alaska: 1939
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I gave them the mean smile again. "Now boys, I wouldn't recommend trying to kill me. In fact, if I were you, I would be putting my weapons on the ground, real gentle like. Right now." They set their guns on the ground carefully. I waved with the Tommy gun and they took a couple of steps back. "Thanks, now let me explain my reasoning and you tell me what you think. You gents seem a little young to have fought in the war, so chances are you haven't had a chance to see a machine gun in action."
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I took a couple steps to the right to clear my line of fire and turned the chopper loose on their cabin. In about the time it takes to work up a good sneeze, I dumped half the drum into their shack. There wasn't a whole lot left when I was done. The door was off its hinges. All the windows were shattered. The big .45 slugs had gone through both sides of the building. In some places I could see daylight. I looked back toward the four men. With my left hand, I pulled a small leather pouch out of the pocket of my duster and tossed it at the feet of the man with the shotgun.
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He looked at it. "What's that?"
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"More gold that you'll ever get out of that claim and way more than it's worth. I'm buying you out."
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"Why would you do that?"
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"I can't leave you here so I have to either buy you out or kill you. I've killed enough men. Don't mean I won't do it again, but it does mean I won't do if I don't have to."
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Shotgun man looked at the pouch, "How much is in there?"
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""Well, it doesn't really matter how much is in there, now does it? It's more than you'll ever get mining your claim and you don't have to bust your ass to get it. So what's it going to be, you going to sell me your claim or am I going to bury you on it?"

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