Uriah Moon 6 by Gary Wayne

Author:Gary Wayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bank robbers, vigilantes, joe lansdale, piccadilly publishing, james reasoner, wild west fiction, westerns ebooks, western action hero, terry c johnston
Publisher: Piccadilly

Chapter Eleven

THE SUN HAD set and the crimson sky was fading gradually across Apache Springs as the smiling Billy Rocco descended the staircase inside the Lucky Dice saloon with two of its handsomest bargirls on his arms. They left him with kisses on his cheeks and started to mingle with the saloons other patrons. He walked to the bar counter and raised a finger at the bartender.

‘Beer, Joe,’ he ordered breathlessly as the rotund Joe Hanna moved toward him with a glass overflowing with suds.

‘I seen you at the top of the stairs, Billy,’ Joe said as he placed the cool beer before the thirsty cowboy and watched him raise it to his lips. ‘I figured you’d be kinda dry after tangling with them girls.’

The young cowpuncher smiled as he finished the beer and pushed it across the damp counter for another.

‘How long have I been upstairs with them gals, Joe?’ he wondered as he noticed that every lamp inside the saloon was lit and glowing. He then noticed that it was dark outside the Lucky Dice as another of its frequent storms was starting to flash across the sky.

The bartender turned the beer tap off and handed the cowboy the refreshing beverage and smiled.

‘At least an hour by my figuring,’ Joe replied.

Billy pushed his hat back off his temple and sighed heavily as he gripped the glass in his grateful hand. He drank and then looked around the saloon. It was still quite busy but unusually quiet for this time of day.

‘Where are all your regular customers, Joe?’ he asked curiously. ‘It was a lot busier than this when I took them gals upstairs.’

Joe Hanne rested his hands on the surface of the counter and looked around the saloon. He shook his head and bit his lip thoughtfully.

‘That’s a good question, Billy,’ he replied. ‘It’s been mighty quiet all day. I don’t know why but I got me a feeling that it’s got something to do with the shooting this morning. Folks have been scared off.’

Billy tried not to look too guilty as he had been part of the deadly showdown when he had ridden with the troopers and the mysterious Uriah Moon into the thick of battle.

‘But why would that stop you customers coming here?’ he wondered. ‘I reckon there must be another reason folks ain’t here, Joe.’

‘You’re probably right.’ Billy thought about the infamous Uriah Moon who dealt out death with his six-shooters in the same manner that professional card players distributed cards.

Hanna paused polishing glasses for a moment and stared hard at the Double K cowboy. A thought had just occurred to the bartender and he leaned across the mahogany counter toward the thoughtful Billy.

‘You wanna make an easy dollar, Billy?’ he asked the weary cowboy.

Billy Rocco looked at the bartender with surprise etching his features as he wondered what Joe meant. He rested an elbow on the counter and attempted to act casually.

‘What exactly would you willingly pay me a dollar for, Joe?’ he enquired casually.

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