Arkansas Assault
Arkansas Assault
“He lay beneath a horse blanket that smelled of animal urine and hay. Ekert and the other gunny sat up front.
It was hot as hell, and his sweat added to the urine scent and the bouncing ride to make the trip miserable. Plus it made him need to piss. But he’d play hell getting them to stop and let him empty his bladder.
He was hoping they’d talk to each other, fill in a few details about where they were going and what their plans were. But they said nothing.
Fargo stared into the darkness.
Someh...ow, despite everything working against it, Fargo managed to drift into a light sleep.
He woke to find that the buckboard had pulled off to the side of the stage road.
“Where are we?” he said.
“Don’t worry about it, Fargo,” Ekert said.
“Yeah, don’t worry about it, Fargo,” the other gunny said, sounding like a dumb little kid imitating his old man.
The silence returned.
After awhile the other gunny said, “They’re late.”
“Yeah, I noticed that, McGarth,” Ekert said sarcastically.MoreLess
It was hot as hell, and his sweat added to the urine scent and the bouncing ride to make the trip miserable. Plus it made him need to piss. But he’d play hell getting them to stop and let him empty his bladder.
He was hoping they’d talk to each other, fill in a few details about where they were going and what their plans were. But they said nothing.
Fargo stared into the darkness.
Someh...ow, despite everything working against it, Fargo managed to drift into a light sleep.
He woke to find that the buckboard had pulled off to the side of the stage road.
“Where are we?” he said.
“Don’t worry about it, Fargo,” Ekert said.
“Yeah, don’t worry about it, Fargo,” the other gunny said, sounding like a dumb little kid imitating his old man.
The silence returned.
After awhile the other gunny said, “They’re late.”
“Yeah, I noticed that, McGarth,” Ekert said sarcastically.MoreLess
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