A Western Adventure - Horse Thieves in Little Whiskey

Little Whiskey is growing fast, this is the new building in town. Maybe two if you count the new s**t house around back.

Whiskey Jack has done a deal with Wells Fargo and they have provided finance so that Jack can expand his way station. Mr Wells and Mr Fargo have built a small office to sell tickets on the stage and at some point they will provide banking facilities.

This is the 2nd episode in the building of Little Whiskey, the 1st is HERE

An overview of the growing town, this is the back of the Wells Fargo office which is currently being run by Lucille but this arrangement is just temporary because she and her partners are involved in the next new business that will be opened next door.
Lucille is also her middle name because I haven't come up with a good one yet :-(.  if anyone can think of a suitable name for her I'd be interested.

Ebenezer “Sweet Sticky Fingers” Douglas – you remember Mr Douglas, well here he is inspecting the load of cut timber for the new building. This has been transported by Waggoner Shawnee Mary, who is in cahoots with the other reprobate in this picture The Undertaker, a small time bounty hunter with a penchant for big hats and scary names.

Jim is still working for Jack and he's still not happy about it, here he is showing off his new pump and horse trough to Rose, she’s about as impressed as any girl would be.
She's still driving the stage but is now working for Mr Wells and Mr Fargo, the pay is not as good but more regular and she is not so likely to get shot defending her new bosses, at least that’s what she hopes.

Her arm has healed well and doesn't impair her use of the shotgun or handling the reins. Poor Marshall MacAlister is still bed ridden and no one is sure if he will live or die, especially the Doc.

The horses in the coral belong to Shawnee Mary and Mr Wells and Mr Fargo.

The view down Main Street as three strangers walk into town, I don’t know why it’s got such a high sounding name as it’s the only street in town but – there you go.

The strangers are from our left Snake Eyes Pete, Frank MacCaulay and Dangerous Dave Davis. All the two bit punks have nicknames.

They are walking into town because they have lost their horses, they never said how and no one asked, they are in Little Whiskey to get replacement mounts.
They don’t have any money and as Father Christmas doesn’t live here anymore they are going to have to steal them.

Inside the Wells Fargo Office Joe Tucker has just bought his ticket for the next stage out of town. They are still waiting for the office furniture to arrive, but hopefully it wont be too long. Lucille is the one selling him the ticket.

Frank and the boys carry on walking down Main Street as Joe comes out of the ticket office. He might not be too happy if someone takes off with the horses due to pull his stage.

Just a gratuitous picture.

Texas Red leaves the Livery headed for the saloon and a shot of red eye.

(There were 3 rogue characters in town and I used a randomised move and direction to see where they would go. So this is totally coincidental but it couldn't have worked better)

This is not good news, you may remember there is bad blood between her and Frank, she goes for her gun but Frank is faster. Boom – Frank misses. Boom - Red fires.

Texas Red’s shot is deadly and Frank goes down like a sack of cabbages.

Pete fires his Winchester, Red is fast though, and she is ducking back into the shelter of the Livery stable, he hit's the door, wood splinters fly everywhere but he's missed. Before she is completely hidden though Dave’s shotgun rings out, BOOM BOOM both barrels, pellets spit like hailstones.

Red is hit in the chest and arm and collapses in a bloody heap.

The sleepy town is rocked by gunfire, it’s Jacks town and he’s the first to move. He grabs the sawn-off shotgun and opens the door a crack, seeing this scene outside.
He doesn’t recognise the men but he knows the type. Shouting “drop your guns you sons of bit**es” he pokes the barrel of the shotgun through the gap in the door.

Ruben White the barman picks up his shotgun from behind the bar but stays put. It’s not his town and this ruckus sounds like it might be above his pay grade. The man drinking at the bar is Mississippi Sam Shaw and he hails from Missouri so just carries on drinking his lukewarm beer.

In response to Jacks shouted command Dave looks round, quickly realizes they are surrounded and he has unloaded his shotgun into Texas Red and so drops it to the floor, throws his hands in the air and shouts, “don’t shoot me I play the piano” Humm should that be - don’t shoot me I’m only the piano player, why would they want to know that anyway. Shut up Dave.

Basically he failed his guts test.

Pete didn’t and spins round to fire at Jack but gets both barrels from Jacks shotgun.

He was just too slow, and too stupid, now he is lying in a growing pool of blood and wondering if they have a Doc in this hick town.

Rose holds her shotgun aimed at Dave as steady as the proverbial rock, Dave doesn’t blink, he just remains as still as the proverbial rock.

Final shot of Texas Red – still clutching her colt lightening. She’s been in two gunfights and been shot in both, will she pull through this time? Does she have a future as a gunfighter?

Tune in next week for another thrilling adventure way out west - The Showdown.

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