Chapter 34
FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE "The woman--what was she like?" "She was tall an' thin an' flat-chested. I didn't know her at the time, but it must 'a' been Hull's wife." "You said you didn't know what time this was," Kirby said. "No. My old watch had quit doin' business an' I hated to spend the money to get it fixed. The mainspring was busted, a jeweler told me." "Who spoke first after they came into the room?" "Yore uncle. He laid the cigar down on the stand an' asked them what they wanted. He didn't rise from the chair, but his voice rasped when he spoke. It was the woman answered. She took the lead all through. 'We've come for a settlement,' she said. 'An' we're goin' to have it right now.' He stiffened up at that. He come back at her with, 'You can't get no shot-gun settlement outa me.' Wo
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