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“Why do I get the feeling that Leonard is here playing more than poker?”

“Because he is,” Seth said “I’ured out Hell, I told Sheriff Ray I’d talk to Tom on Monday”

“Sheriff and his boys are back there, too”

“Are they building a fire, roasting s, too?”

“Maybe they should be if you’re planning on sending them down the river”

“I don’t want any trouble,” Seth assured her

“Then this is one time that you’d better listen to me, Seth Turn around and walk away If you can’t do that, at least go hoet your brother They’re packin’, hon And if I know Bonzo, he’ll draw on you as quickly as he’ll draw on any other”

“He h The sheriff in toes me a favor”

She laughed “Yeah, I heard”

“Word travels fast around here”

“How long will it take for the sheriff to work off this favor?”

Seth s to scratch er”

“You think?” She shook her head “Man doesn’t have a lick of sense”

“Apparently his wife doesn’t either Whole town knohat’s going on”

“Honey, she knohat’s going on She’s waiting for the proof That’s why you’ve got an ace in the hole Sheriff Ray doesn’t want his wife to see pictures because she’s the one with the reat uncle here a while back Apparently, the uncle thought the world of Sheriff Ray, too He was mentioned in the will and receives as much as she does each and every month” She leaned over the bar in a conspiratorial fashion “And get this—the only way that the es and an adulterous relationship can be proven”