Support Your Local Deputy: a Cotton Pickens Western
“I knew the feeling. I didn’t have my heart set on any Ukrainian mail-order bride who was a Siamese twin, but I’d eyed a few ladies in my day, like Pepper Baker, only to have her father rush her off to finishing school. That pretty near finished me.
So Rusty was looking grim. He had a kid to raise and no woman. I deputized Riley, and gave him a badge, and the kid strutted around my office with an empty scattergun. Might as well teach them about weapons at an early age. We had him swab out the tw...o jail cells, and told him he could be a jailer when he grew up, but he needed to know how to do it, and we’d help him practice.
Well, Puma County Supervisor Reggie Thimble blew his cork. He came roaring in, eyed Riley, and started yelling.
“What do you think you’re doing, Pickens? Making a little kid a deputy? Trying to screw the county, is that it? Trying to get us into big trouble? He’s too young to be handling weapons. You pull him off the force right now, or you’re fired.”
Reggie had been working for years to get me fired, but after I rescued the Glads, he clammed up a little, for a few days.MoreLess
So Rusty was looking grim. He had a kid to raise and no woman. I deputized Riley, and gave him a badge, and the kid strutted around my office with an empty scattergun. Might as well teach them about weapons at an early age. We had him swab out the tw...o jail cells, and told him he could be a jailer when he grew up, but he needed to know how to do it, and we’d help him practice.
Well, Puma County Supervisor Reggie Thimble blew his cork. He came roaring in, eyed Riley, and started yelling.
“What do you think you’re doing, Pickens? Making a little kid a deputy? Trying to screw the county, is that it? Trying to get us into big trouble? He’s too young to be handling weapons. You pull him off the force right now, or you’re fired.”
Reggie had been working for years to get me fired, but after I rescued the Glads, he clammed up a little, for a few days.MoreLess
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Guest 3 years ago
I've read numerous Johnstone novels but this is the first Cotton Pickens novel. This, in my opinion is the best I've read-----not your typical western. Many a good laugh with colorful and entertaining characters. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Write Review:
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