The Case of the Bone-Stalking Monster by John R. Erickson

Author:John R. Erickson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cowdog, Hank the Cowdog, John R. Erickson, John Erickson, ranching, Texas, dog, adventure, mystery, Hank, Drover, Pete, Sally May
Publisher: Maverick Books, Inc.
Published: 2015-05-06T22:01:01+00:00

“Well, I was just a-wondering what you were doing down there, I guess, is why I was staring. Are you wettin’ down the tires?”

“It may appear that’s what I’m doing, but in fact of actuality, it’s quite a bit more complicated than that.”

“Oh. Well, I probably wouldn’t understand it then. I’m kind of slow.”

“Hmmm, yes.” I had already picked up that clue, that he was “slow,” to use his word, and suddenly I had the feeling that . . . “Say, pal, haven’t we met before?”

“Yup, sure have. Name’s Ralph. They call me Dogpound Ralph ’cause I stay at the dog pound. You visited me twice at the pound.”

I began pacing. “Yes, of course. It’s all coming back to me now. Don’t you see what this means? You’re Dogpound Ralph!”

“Well . . . that’s what I thought.”

“Yes, yes, of course. I knew I’d seen you before: your face, the mournful eyes, the drooping jowls. They all add up to YOU, Ralph, and they will never add up to anyone else.”

“Good. I reckon.”

“You might recall, Ralph, that I’m the guy who broke you out of prison and saved you from a miserable existence as a jailbird.”

“Yup, either that or I broke you out, ’cause you had just eat a bar of soap.”

“No, you’re wrong, Ralph. I had been poisoned by my enemies. They had plotted to poison me with a deadly hydrophobia virus.”

“It was soap, ya dope. Your sister fed you soap ’cause you wouldn’t take a hint and go home.”

Would I just stand there and take this kind of insult from a jailbird dog who was trespassing on my ranch?

You’ll soon find out.

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