I took my time. "It was just a matter of odds," I said. "Who got him?"
"The new one," Jubal said, "the man they call Lefty."
Well, a couple more weeks to bleach, a little wiring, and I'll be heading East. Look for the billboards:
MR. BONES
The Fastest Draw in the West
"Faster than Billy the Kid
and Twice as Dead"
presented by
HIRAM PERTWEE,
M.D.
All I've got to do is figure how to keep getting mad at Jake.