Man with the Gun Page #4

As a doctor, I've seen some cures

worse than the disease.

Believe me,

his medicine is hard to take,

and harder to keep down.

Come in.

There's a fire out in the prairie a ways.

It ain't grass neither.

It's young Jeff Castle's new house,

gone up in a puff of smoke.

Well, if that don't just about...

What are you gonna do about it?

Well, I...

I could deputize

every man jack of you

for a war on Holman,

just like young Castle had wanted.

All over a pile of lumber!

Is that what you want?

Hold it, Lee.

Gentlemen,

I'm putting the proposition to a vote,

namely, to employ Clint Tollinger

in the capacity of town tamer.

All in favor signify by saying, "Aye."

- Aye.

- Aye.

All opposed?

Motion is carried unanimous.

Gentlemen,

meet Clint Tollinger.

Mr. Tollinger,

I guess you wouldn't mind

a little friendly advice

from a member of the town council?

What I mean is,

we don't want you to go hog wild on this.

I mean, just take it a little easy.

Too much gun play is bad for business.

What you mean is

that target practice in the hallways

is against the house rules, eh?

Oh, I see, having your little joke, huh?

Oh, hello, Tollinger.

Just looking around a bit

before you start to work?

No, I'm ready.

Ever been in Sheridan before?

No, but all these towns look alike to me.

So do the people.

I'll bet you, you never seen one

look like Dade Holman before.

Lay odds you never

get a chance to see him.

Saul Atkins tells me you know the terms.

You'll draw up a contract in letter form.

There's a clause I'd like in that contract.

- Yeah?

- No interference.

I'll do the job my own way.

You'll deputize me, and that's all.

If I need your help, I'll let you know.

Well, the town council took you on.

I'm just a hired hand here myself.

You're on your own, Tollinger.

What's Holman's brand?

Lazy Tombstone.

Who ramrods for him?

Pinchot. Ed Pinchot. Know him?

Yeah, I've heard he's overdue.

He's wanted down in Texas

for murder and rustling,

and in Abilene, Kansas, for plain murder.

And there's Frenchy Lescaux.

When Dade opened the Palace,

he brung Lescaux

all the way up from New Orleans,

I believe it was, to run it for him.

Two of a kind.

Lescaux can kill plain or fancy,

but he's partial to a bowie knife.

Fact of the matter is,

last marshal died of a knife wound

he got over at the Palace,

checking up on a knife killing

there the night before.

- But Lescaux claimed...

- Fill me in on Holman.

No name calling,

just how does he operate?

Well, Dade's a fat man,

but don't let that fool you.

Never lifts a pudgy finger hisself.

Well, you take yesterday, for example.

Just a typical day in Dade's life.

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