Slocum and the Diamond City Affair (9781101612118) by Logan Jake

Author:Logan, Jake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 2012-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

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An hour later, Slocum left Moulton’s hacienda and rode for Nogales. He had a good picture of Jim and Rosa standing together before the great casa, waving good-bye as he rode off aboard a light-footed, dark chestnut horse, another gift from his host. A much better-looking horse, and a higher-spirited animal, than Spook. His replacement mount possessed instant speed and a big heart; Slocum called him King since he reminded him of the racehorse stallion.

His next stop was Tombstone. He wanted answers about where those three Cowboys who raped Nana were. He intended to cut them out of the Clanton bunch and make them pay for their crimes.

In the queen city of mines, he heard from Marshal Morgan Earp, the one Earp Slocum considered his friend, about a woman named Carla who ran a house of girls. He found Carla, who invited him into her parlor. He could see past the open side door into the adjoining bedroom with a large bed. Tall and rather slim waisted, Carla wore a lacy dress and served him a fair brand of whiskey. Her cleavage was not large, but she knew how to expose it for a man to admire. They sat at a small table in her private room and she toasted his good health while sitting opposite him.

“What are your needs today, sir?” She clinked her fine glass to his.

“I am looking for some men. One man with a scar above his right eye and lots of knife scars on his belly.”

“Any other features?”

“Some time ago he’d been shot in the left shoulder.”

She shook her head. “You will have to find a puta to tell you about him. I have never done business with such a man.”

“A young Mexican with two fingers on his right hand shot off.”

“Hernando Valdez. A cowardly son of a bitch. He works for Old Man Clanton.”

“He frequents your services?”

“Only once. I barred that bastard from coming back.”

Slocum lifted his glass of whiskey. “You know where he stays?”

“A place below the border on the Santa Cruz River. He has a common-law wife down there, they say.”

Slocum poured more liquor in her glass and set the bottle down. Meeting her pale blue eyes, he nodded at her. “A black-bearded German.”

“Five feet, eight inches tall? He could be Adolph Bach.”

He agreed. “Sounds like him, and that’s the name I was given.”

“He actually bit the nipple off a dove one night. She liked to have bled to death. They nearly hung him. If some of the Cowboys hadn’t taken his side, then others would have lynched him on the saloon porch. They barely saved his life.”

“Where’s he at?”

“He has a wife and some kids on the San Pedro below St. David. Who else?”

Slocum sat back. “That’s all.”

Carla perked up. “Now can we talk business? You look like a very virile man. My business is to offer my girls’ services to you, sir.”

“They tell me you’re a very respected lady in the trade. How did you get in such a business? You hardly look the image of a madam.

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