page_334

< previous page | page_334 | next page >

Page 334

| become too much extra baggage for him. He did not need them around to interfere in his plans for Ashton any longer. They had proved worthless today. Always before he had worked alone. He had only needed the hired hands to make him look legitimate. |

| "But only to a point," he thought to himself. |

| His original plan had failed, but he thought mother nature would take up the attack where he had left off. He had seen the cracks in the ground and the dried vegetation. He knew the danger of fires under these conditions. One careless Aborigine setting fire to the brush with a firestick and the devastation would be vast. |

| He smiled at the thought. |

< previous page | page_334 | next page >