California Killing
“There was a small crucifix on one wall and a framed painting of Jesus Christ parting the Red Sea on another. The cheerless Justin Wood sat huddled in the chair, still pained from the force with which Edge had slammed him into it, and trembled as he looked from one religious image to the other in search of solace. The lamp on the dresser was dark and a meager level of light filtered into the room through the unwashed lace curtain tacked over the window. Edge stood at the window, looking out over... the Paramount's porch into the street. Across it he could see the law office, no longer the object of picketing; a vacant building with a faded sign showing it had once been a dress store; the Holly Playhouse advertising a production of Our American Cousin; a Chinese restaurant and a cantina. Beyond this was a commercial section of stores, business offices and a blacksmith's and livery before the signs of curtailed construction showed where the boom had burst. There were few people on the street and the only sound to teach the room was that of the piano and the buzz of conversation from the saloon below.MoreLess
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