Chapter 62
Best I can figure from an old diary my mom found in an old trunk of her father's," Charles remarked, "her great-grandfather, couple times removed, got drunk one night in Dodge City and 'borrowed' a horse tied up in front of a saloon." He stopped and sent two more fragrant puffs toward the ceiling. "From what the old man wrote, he got sobered up real quick when a crowd gathered with a rope in their hands. He raced them outa town on that borrowed horse and managed to outdistance them out on the prairie. After a while, he sneaked back to where his own horse was stabled, turned loose the 'borrowed' mount, and then he rode back out of town 'like a scalded cat' as he put it." Charles smiled at the rings of smoke as he envisioned the long past events. His eyes came back down to look frankly at M
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