Murder in Mushroom Valley by Scotty V Casper

Author:Scotty V Casper [Casper, Scotty V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rusty Spur Publishing
Published: 2017-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

After Amanda and Bryan made arrangements for their sleeping quarters, they rode over to the livery stable to take care of their horses and Mule. Bryan sat his horse while Amanda went in to negotiate for their horses’ keep. The three Indian ponies had trailed along, and they stayed close to Bryan and Amanda’s horses and to Mule. Horses are very social creatures, much like people.

The proprietor at the livery stable agreed to board their animals for two bits a day per horse or mule, and he promised to feed them a bait of oats and run a curry comb over their hide. He said that if he had money, he would buy the Indian ponies for twenty dollars apiece, but unfortunately, he was broke. Amanda told him he could have the ponies on consignment, and if he sold them, he could send a bank draft for sixty dollars to Zions National Bank in Salt Lake City. She gave him the account number for her savings account, and they shook hands on the deal. Unlike Earl Widdison, the reprobate who operated the livery stable in Hanksville, the proprietor in La Sal was clean, freshly shaven, and polite. Amanda trusted him to send the money to her bank in Salt Lake, and she, in turn, would give the money to Bryan. She didn’t feel right claiming the money because Bryan had already given her a generous sum of money to help her get back to Provo after the loss of her husband. Bryan had told her he could well afford it because bounty hunting was a highly profitable profession, albeit extremely dangerous.

A lady named Midge stepped out from the kitchen at the nearby restaurant to take Bryan and Amanda’s orders. It was all Bryan could do to sit upright, so he laid his forearms on the table and cradled his head. “What’s the matter with ya, mister? Yer not gonna upchuck here in my restaurant, are ya?” Midge asked as she looked him over closely.

“Don’t worry, Midge,” Amanda said, “he’s not that kind of sick. He has a couple of arrow wounds, and he is weak from the loss of blood.”

“Oh, good. What can I do fer ya?”

“We’re starved. What’s on today’s menu?” Amanda asked.

“Today, I can serve ya a slab of beef, dumplings, and string beans. Oh, and the beef will be swimmin’ in red-eye gravy,” Midge said, looking apologetic. “I ain’t got a great variety of food here, but what I got is good—at least my patrons seem to like it.”

Bryan raised his head. “Okay, Midge, bring it out. I could eat most anything right now. Amanda has had me on a diet of broth for two days now, and I’m starved.”

“Young feller, Amanda is right. The best thing to restore blood is a good broth. But if it’s been a couple days now since ya were hurt, I think ya’re ready fer some solid food.” She looked over at Amanda for confirmation.

Amanda nodded her head in the affirmative.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.