The Loner
“The lawman’s left shoulder was heavily bandaged, and that arm was in a sling. He had a bandage around his head as well, but he seemed fairly strong.
“Kid, I just wanted to thank you for what you did last night,” Chambliss said as he shook hands with Morgan in the McNallys’ parlor. “For all you knew when you braced those two hellions, they really had killed me.”
“I’m glad they didn’t,” Morgan said with a faint smile.
“Oh, so am I!” Chambliss laughed. “Anyway, another reason I’m here is to make y...ou a proposition. How’d you like to pin on the marshal’s badge while I’m healin’ up?”
“Wait a minute, Zeke,” Dr. McNally protested. “Mr. Morgan’s not yet fully recuperated from his own wound.”
Morgan glanced at the doctor. “I thought you said when you changed the bandage this morning that the bullet hole looked like it was almost completely healed.”
“Almost,” McNally insisted. “I said almost completely healed.”
“You said that after today, you didn’t think I’d need to wear the bandage anymore.”MoreLess
“Kid, I just wanted to thank you for what you did last night,” Chambliss said as he shook hands with Morgan in the McNallys’ parlor. “For all you knew when you braced those two hellions, they really had killed me.”
“I’m glad they didn’t,” Morgan said with a faint smile.
“Oh, so am I!” Chambliss laughed. “Anyway, another reason I’m here is to make y...ou a proposition. How’d you like to pin on the marshal’s badge while I’m healin’ up?”
“Wait a minute, Zeke,” Dr. McNally protested. “Mr. Morgan’s not yet fully recuperated from his own wound.”
Morgan glanced at the doctor. “I thought you said when you changed the bandage this morning that the bullet hole looked like it was almost completely healed.”
“Almost,” McNally insisted. “I said almost completely healed.”
“You said that after today, you didn’t think I’d need to wear the bandage anymore.”MoreLess
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Guest 2 years ago
It was not shakespeare who first saif that "rvenege is a disch best served cold" My recollection is that it was Eugene Sue, the author of "The Wandering Jew", and "The Mysteries of Paris". I have a first edition of each of these, but I think I read one time that this dictum was mentioned in another of his books, the name of which I don't recall.. He was a very "strong" writer, highly interesting and very descriptive in his texts..
Guest 2 years ago
Why are so many prostitutes of the most degraded kind in Johnstone's stories with prominent roles. The "sob" stuff is very patently false . It damages the story. The westerners at that time must have virtually all suffered from Sexual disease and those who died early (that was most of them ) would otherwise have passed on from syphilis .These inane sexual side-turns distract for the story itself, they are all or sticky or lachrymose, in the crudest and least subtle manner. One can even foretell what comes next or even a couple of chapters further on. All the "badmen" seem to be able to survive 2-3 bullets to vital spots without impairing their lethal objectives.
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