Heaven With a Gun (2013)
“It was as good a place as any to keep an eye out for “news.” Although after four weeks Jim had concluded that “news”, at least, as Jim knew it, was about as likely to show up in Far Enough, Texas, as Queen Victoria.
A week ago the first of the cattle drives had started drifting north on their way to the market. The huge herds passed on either side of town, a river of beef parting to flow past an island of human habitation. Instead of dumping fish on the town’s shores, this particular river had ...the unfortunate tendency to dump teenage cowboys. After weeks on the range the boys were always surly, always ready for trouble, and always looking to establish their manhood. In other words, they were just like testy adolescents anywhere, which meant that though entirely dislikable, they were not—much to Jim’s annoyance—desperadoes.
Depressed, Jim squinted up at the sky. Blue. Endless, vacant expanses of bright blue rolling off in every direction. Even after nearly a month here, he still hadn’t gotten used to so much unfilled sky.MoreLess
A week ago the first of the cattle drives had started drifting north on their way to the market. The huge herds passed on either side of town, a river of beef parting to flow past an island of human habitation. Instead of dumping fish on the town’s shores, this particular river had ...the unfortunate tendency to dump teenage cowboys. After weeks on the range the boys were always surly, always ready for trouble, and always looking to establish their manhood. In other words, they were just like testy adolescents anywhere, which meant that though entirely dislikable, they were not—much to Jim’s annoyance—desperadoes.
Depressed, Jim squinted up at the sky. Blue. Endless, vacant expanses of bright blue rolling off in every direction. Even after nearly a month here, he still hadn’t gotten used to so much unfilled sky.MoreLess
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