The Bottoms

by Joe R. Lansdale

“So Bubba pulls out of his coat this big long paper, which is what them lawyers, who is a lot like the debil, calls a contact.”

He looked very energetic, as if he had been drinking lots of coffee and was expecting something big to happen, like a tornado, a flood, or tripping over a boxful of money.

It was rare then, even in hard times, that anyone would steal from you, unless it was a banker.

Your Daddy got kicked in the soul,

“My heart and stomach is a little too delicate for it, but my curiosity is strong as steel. I’ll stay.”

All the detective work in the world couldn’t do what one shotgun blast could.