Calamity Jane 6: The Hide and Horn Saloon (A Calamity Jane Western) by Edson J. T

Author:Edson, J. T. [Edson, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing
Published: 2019-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven –All Sociable and Friendly

‘Take that!’ Wanda Higgins ejaculated savagely thinking of Madam Bulldog while doing so. Then she went on, in similar snorting gasps, ‘And that! And that!’

Before starting to speak, the beautiful and curvaceous red head had been moving lightly on the balls of her bare feet with something like dancing steps, except they were not for such an innocuous purpose. The first two words were in accompaniment to her left hand, closed into a fist, being driven forward. Encased in a special type of black leather glove, it impacted firmly against the bosom region of a large sack—packed solidly with straw and forming the shape of a well-endowed feminine figure—which was suspended from the ceiling of a bedroom converted into a simply equipped gymnasium.

Delivered skillfully and with evidence of its not inconsiderable power, the blow was followed by an equally well executed right hook up into the solar plexus region of her now moving target and a left cross swing to the side of the ‘head’. They were sent in rapid succession, each being punctuated by an identical exclamation. Nor did this bring the efforts of the woman to an end. Bobbing, ducking, weaving her upper body and making occasional blocking motions with alternate arms, she continued to attack the specially made punching bag she was circling with an energy and vigor which would have surprised most of those who had become acquainted with her generally slothful nature.

The uncharacteristic behavior of the red head had come about, on this occasion, as a result of her most unsatisfactory interview with the new owner of the Hide and Horn Saloon and Aloysius P. Scrope!

Having swept out of the attorney’s offices in an even worse temper than she had risen with that morning, Wanda had hurried back to the house, by the most direct route, so as to avoid meeting anybody who might wish to talk about the situation in which she found herself. Suffering from no illusions with regards to her popularity where the majority of the population were concerned, she had felt sure any commiserations would be far from sincere. Finding the young reporter for the Tennyson Times waiting on the front porch, she had refused to comment about the loss of the saloon and her plans for the future. However, as she had realized there might soon be a need for sympathetic comments on its pages, she had refrained from dismissing him with the torrent of profanity which had come close to bursting around his head, and had promised she would supply all the requisite information when less busy.

Going into the sitting-room, the red head had been only slightly more communicative with Leo Wallace and Moses Stern. They had had to be content with being told that the meeting with the blonde and Scrope—both of whom were described in profanely insulting terms—had produced nothing beyond what they had anticipated. Then, without offering any reason, she had told her hulking brother to fetch Barry Norman and Herbert Lang, but to ensure they were not seen entering the house.

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