Crazy Woman Creek
“Hurriedly he shut the publication, pulled open the bottom drawer of his desk, stashed the magazine at the back of it, and neatly shut it, taking care not to slam.
His deputy stepped over the threshold looking disturbed. Luke noticed the hasty movements of his boss but was too distracted to contemplate them.
“Howdy,” said Sheriff Morris.
Luke uncharacteristically saluted a silent hello with a jerk of two fingers, shut the door, took off his hat, walked to his desk, and hung up his ja...cket on the coat rack behind it. But instead of sitting down or walking to the wood stove to start the day’s second pot of coffee as he usually did at this hour, he walked to the sheriff’s desk and stopped, pulled the pocket watch from his pocket, and dangled it in the sheriff’s face.
“It’s his, isn’t it?” said Luke.
“Let me see that,” said the sheriff, sitting up straight and reaching for the chain.MoreLess
His deputy stepped over the threshold looking disturbed. Luke noticed the hasty movements of his boss but was too distracted to contemplate them.
“Howdy,” said Sheriff Morris.
Luke uncharacteristically saluted a silent hello with a jerk of two fingers, shut the door, took off his hat, walked to his desk, and hung up his ja...cket on the coat rack behind it. But instead of sitting down or walking to the wood stove to start the day’s second pot of coffee as he usually did at this hour, he walked to the sheriff’s desk and stopped, pulled the pocket watch from his pocket, and dangled it in the sheriff’s face.
“It’s his, isn’t it?” said Luke.
“Let me see that,” said the sheriff, sitting up straight and reaching for the chain.MoreLess
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