Lawless Trail
“Once through the clearing, he stopped and stepped down from his saddle and led his horse to a spot at the bottom of a crumbling adobe wall where he had hastily buried the money in two brown woven grain sacks he’d rummaged from the man in charge of the feed supplies for their animals.
Laughing under his breath, he fell to his knees on the ground and began scraping away with his bare hands at the dirt and debris he had scattered atop the hastily buried money. When his hands came upon the feed... sacks, he stopped cold for a moment as if surprised. Then he sighed, took a firm grip on each bag and pulled them from under the loose dirt.
“Ah, there you are, my precious darlings,” he said, chuckling tearfully, as if with both pleasure and pain. “You do not know how deeply I love you.” He kissed one of the sandy sacks, then spat dirt from his mouth. A string of saliva swung from his lips.
“And now we must hurry,”MoreLess
Laughing under his breath, he fell to his knees on the ground and began scraping away with his bare hands at the dirt and debris he had scattered atop the hastily buried money. When his hands came upon the feed... sacks, he stopped cold for a moment as if surprised. Then he sighed, took a firm grip on each bag and pulled them from under the loose dirt.
“Ah, there you are, my precious darlings,” he said, chuckling tearfully, as if with both pleasure and pain. “You do not know how deeply I love you.” He kissed one of the sandy sacks, then spat dirt from his mouth. A string of saliva swung from his lips.
“And now we must hurry,”MoreLess
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