Lock & Key by Gordon Bonnet

Author:Gordon Bonnet
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Fleet Press
Published: 2015-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

My dear friend,

I was most indisposed to find out that you chose to leave our encampment, forsaking our hospitality without so much as a word of thanks. But standards of politeness are not, perhaps, so valued where you come from as they are here, so I am willing to put that much aside.

I cannot, however, abide by the fact that in leaving as you did, you took along with you my cherished companion, and injured one of my men. The first I take much amiss, and the second is, I am afraid, an unforgivable transgression in the mind of my compatriot Mister Crenshaw, whose head and (I am sorry to say) privates are still much aching from the encounter. So it is my unfortunate duty to require you and Miss Bell to return to my encampment immediately to face justice for what you have done.

I realize your incentive for doing so is minimal, so I have taken the expedient of giving you some encouragement toward meeting my request. This afternoon, several of my faithful helpers secured the person of Reverend Zebulon Bell, my erstwhile companion’s father, and have returned with him to my encampment. If by tomorrow evening at nightfall, you have not returned with Miss Bell, it will be my sad duty to find a nice sturdy tree from which to hang Brother Zebulon by the neck until he is quite dead.

I feel certain that you will see that there is really only one reasonable recourse that you have. My men will be waiting for you, with Brother Zebulon, at the creek crossing east of Josiah McCaskill’s mill. I believe you know the spot. If you and Miss Bell arrive prior to sundown, you have my word that I will set Brother Zebulon free.

I hope to have the honor of your presence within the next day. In that hope I remain

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