Song of Eagles (2016)
““Come on, Falcon. It’s a simple decision. Call the bet or fold,” the Kid said.
The other four men at the table had folded when the Kid raised Falcon’s twenty dollar bet by fifty dollars. Falcon held a pair of jacks. Kid had drawn two cards in the five card stud game, indicating he might have three of a kind.
As Falcon thought, the Kid chewed for a second on his bottom lip, then resumed his ever present grinning.
“I’ll call the bet, Kid. I have a pair of Dukes, and I think you have a busted flus...h.”
Kid shook his head and nonchalantly flipped his cards into the middle of the table.
“Take the pot, Falcon. You called it right.”
“Thanks, Kid. I was getting a mite short over here for a while. Maybe this hand changed my luck,” Falcon said as he raked in the pile of money.
“How’d you know what I had?” the Kid asked, his face serious, no grin on it now.
Falcon pursed his lips, thinking on it for a moment.
“If I tell you how, it will ruin the magic of it,” Falcon answered.MoreLess
The other four men at the table had folded when the Kid raised Falcon’s twenty dollar bet by fifty dollars. Falcon held a pair of jacks. Kid had drawn two cards in the five card stud game, indicating he might have three of a kind.
As Falcon thought, the Kid chewed for a second on his bottom lip, then resumed his ever present grinning.
“I’ll call the bet, Kid. I have a pair of Dukes, and I think you have a busted flus...h.”
Kid shook his head and nonchalantly flipped his cards into the middle of the table.
“Take the pot, Falcon. You called it right.”
“Thanks, Kid. I was getting a mite short over here for a while. Maybe this hand changed my luck,” Falcon said as he raked in the pile of money.
“How’d you know what I had?” the Kid asked, his face serious, no grin on it now.
Falcon pursed his lips, thinking on it for a moment.
“If I tell you how, it will ruin the magic of it,” Falcon answered.MoreLess
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Guest 3 years ago
Is there NO other way for Falcon to draw and shoot"before the other man hascleared leather". I've seen this "description" (which requires "quite" an imagination) about 150 times already.
Guest 3 years ago
The interest in thislast part about the 3 remaining Regulators and Falcon attacking the rustling gand, shows that the writer repeated 3-4 of previous descriptions. 1) the shotgun wielder blowing off at the hip his opponent's leg and shredding to the bone his other leg. 2) . Falcon, shot on the calf, slows his horse enough to wind a bandanna around the injury.3) an attacker wounded in one arm drops hs gun and pulls out another with hisother hand, stuffing his helpless arm into his belt.. These were all usesd at WDELY separated, even different stories, but here, they are all together in one single short period attack.. Hmm.!!
Guest 3 years ago
It is a good story, full of drama but also full of holes, because the people behaved in that very stupid senseless way of those times. The Regulators should have spent all their time getting at tthose at the top, even if they had to trvel a bit to other cities.Also the publisher's editor needs to be reminded that all those "centre chest" shots piercing the lungs, allowing the dying men to speak, would also have pierced the heart,with is in the exact centr of the chest.
Guest 3 years ago
All they had to do was to replace the two bullets in Tunstall's gun a put it back in his holster.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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