“Mr. Dobbs, it would be a good idea if you told me everything you know. It’s true, I’m a lady, but I have a lot of Indian blood in me,” she looked up and gave Dan a wink and a knowing smile, “bandit blood. You see, my mother was a woman very famous in these parts for many years. One time, when I was a little girl, I was kidnapped by a band of cutthroats.” She reached over and shaved off his other eyebrow. He looked strange now, as a man with no eyebrows always looks strange. “And, you know what my mother did?”
“No.” He was sulking now, blinking to remove the remnants of the urine and now brow hair from his eyes.
“She cut the leader’s goddamned head off.” She looked on at Curtin and Dan George. “Hold ‘em down, boys.” The Mule Tamer III,
Marta's Quest
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Published on November 21, 2012 06:25