Texas was proving harder than Keyes thought. People here were openly suspicious of outsiders. At least one person actually came right up to him while he smoked a cigar, right across from the bank he was about to rob, and asked who he was and what he was doing there. How he replied, Keyes didn’t say. It wasn’t enough to stop him, but Texans were living up to their image as straight-talking shitkickers. Also, too many people had guns! He said this in all seriousness: Almost no one took their personal safety for granted. “I was surprised that security is actually pretty tight,” Keyes said. “Most
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