Longarm and Big Trouble in Bodie by Tabor Evans

Author:Tabor Evans [Evans, Tabor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Westerns
ISBN: 9780515117028
Google: X4XMPQAACAAJ
Amazon: 0515117021
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1995-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Longarm dragged himself out of bed the next morning and staggered over to the mirror. “I look like I’ve been pulled sideways through a knothole, Megan.”

“Getting shot and making love all night will do that to a man when he gets a little age on him,” Megan said, looking devilishly happy for such an early hour. “Are you going to take me to breakfast before you go see Marshal Kane?”

“Sure,” Longarm said. “After last night, this poor old body could definitely use some replenishing.”

“It won’t take me long,” Megan said, jumping out of bed and grabbing her pants.

Longarm, despite his aches and pains, had to grin. Megan was like a schoolgirl, and Longarm knew that he was her first real beau. Flushed from a night of lovemaking and filled with innocence and wonder at the pleasure that a man and a woman could bring each other, Megan was a joy to watch.

“I hope you have some money,” she said, “because I’m famished. I want a steak, some fried potatoes, eggs, and lots of coffee and maybe even a slice of pie for dessert.”

“You’re going to be expensive to keep if you eat every meal like that,” he said as he slowly dressed. “And what are you going to do while I’m trying to get to the bottom of Bodie’s can of worms?”

“I’m going to go to Stuart Kirkwood’s and look at some horses and saddles,” she informed him. “Maybe I can find some bargains to buy and then resell in Reno.”

“You’re a horse trader, huh?”

“I generally do pretty well,” Megan said, hitching up her pants and buckling her belt around her narrow waist. “You see, at first men tend to think of me as helpless and naive. Then, after I begin to dicker with them on a horse or piece of tack, they often get mad and think I’ve no business knowing as much as I do about horses and saddles. They’ll generally try to dazzle me with their knowledge, and so I just listen and nod my head.”

“And play dumb?”

“For a while,” Megan said. “For as long as I can stand it while they blow off steam. Sooner or later, though, I just get fed up with their bullshit and lay things on the line. I tell ‘em everything that is wrong with their horses and saddles. That really puts their noses out of joint.”

“Hell of a way to get on their good side,” Longarm said dryly.

“Well,” Megan said, “I’m not finished. You see, after I sort of pick their property apart, then I say something nice about the horse or the saddle. That throws them off balance, and that’s when I hit ‘em with an offer.”

“A damned low offer, I’ll bet.”

“Yes, but they’ll almost always take it and then tell their friends how they slickered a damned woman.”

“And do they sometimes?”

Megan shrugged. “I’ve never bought a lame horse that some crook has managed to sneak by me as sound. And I’ve bought quite a few that were

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