Ride the Man Down (2016)
“He went first to the barbershop, and while his hair was being cut he learned of Ray Cavanaugh’s confession to the shooting of John Evarts. Talk of it obscurely annoyed Red, and the barber, sensing this, was silent while he shaved him.
Red lay with his eyes closed, the hot towel on his face, and wondered how this news would affect his own plans. If they were plans, that is. Red couldn’t make up his mind about it. He’d left Ten Mile on impulse, aided by a few drinks under his belt. Now this morni...ng he wasn’t so sure.
He paid the barber and stepped out into the street and glanced over at the Belle Fourche. He would have liked to go over and yarn with the boys over a few drinks, but this thing kept nagging at him. Then get it over with, he thought. The worst he can say is no.
With sudden decision he turned upstreet, and already he felt better. He passed the hotel and the four corners, his pace leisurely and holding a faint truculence, and kept on upstreet and presently he turned into Priest’s Emporium and sauntered down the aisle.MoreLess
Red lay with his eyes closed, the hot towel on his face, and wondered how this news would affect his own plans. If they were plans, that is. Red couldn’t make up his mind about it. He’d left Ten Mile on impulse, aided by a few drinks under his belt. Now this morni...ng he wasn’t so sure.
He paid the barber and stepped out into the street and glanced over at the Belle Fourche. He would have liked to go over and yarn with the boys over a few drinks, but this thing kept nagging at him. Then get it over with, he thought. The worst he can say is no.
With sudden decision he turned upstreet, and already he felt better. He passed the hotel and the four corners, his pace leisurely and holding a faint truculence, and kept on upstreet and presently he turned into Priest’s Emporium and sauntered down the aisle.MoreLess
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