agreed.
After the money was buried, Johnny saddled his horse. âI donât know about you boys, but Iâm goinâ into town,â he said.
âWhat? Why are you goinâ to do a dumb thing like that?â Short asked. âIn case you forgot, we just robbed a bank in that town.â
âI need to know if my brother is still alive, and see what I can do about gettinâ him out of there.â
âYouâre goinâ to get yourself caught,â Calhoun said.
âNo, I ainât. They didnât nobody see us without we was masked. And we was ridinâ different horses then.â
âHell, Johnnyâs right. We could all go back into town,â Evans said.
âAre you crazy?â Short asked.
Evans smiled. âYeah, like a fox,â he said. âThink of it. We was all wearing these here long coats, so they didnât nobody see what we wearinâ underneath. And like Johnny says, we was all masked and we was ridinâ different horses. Ha! Moreân likely theyâve got a posse out lookinâ for us right now all over hellâs half acre, and all the time theyâre a-lookinâ for us out here, why, there weâll be right there in town, right under their noses. They wonât never think weâll be there.â
âDamn if I donât think Evans is right,â Calhoun said with a broad smile. âAnd we sure as hell canât spend none of the money out here, but if weâre in town, why, we could have us a good supper at that restaurant Emile told us about.â
âAnd maybe get us a few drinks, and play some cards,â Evans said.
âWhat do you say about it, Johnny?â Short asked.
Johnny smiled. âIâd like to have me a steak and some taters.â
âAnd maybe a woman to warm my bed,â Evans added. âLord, with this much money we can get any woman we want.â
âAll right,â Johnny said. âWeâll go back into town. Weâll have us a good meal, and do some drinkinâ and whorinâ. But donât none of you get drunk.â
âWhat do you mean, donât none of us get drunk?â Evans asked. âHell, whatâs the purpose of drinkinâ, if you canât get drunk?â
âJohnnyâs right. Sometimes when you get drunk you say things you donât mean to be sayinâ,â Short said. âThe last thing we need is for somebody to get drunk and start talkinâ about the job we just pulled.â
âItâs not only the talkinâ,â Johnny warned. âDrunk, or sober, if you start spendinâ money like itâs water, youâll give us away.â
âDonât worry, I ainât goinâ to spend all my money in some place like Chugwater,â Calhoun said. âIâm goinâ to save it, and maybe after another job or two like Johnny was saying, why, Iâll go to Denver, or maybe San Francisco or some such place where I can live like a king and nobody will ever suspect a thing.â
âI tell you what Iâm goinâ to do,â Short said. âIâm goinâ to buy me a saloon someplace. And have me some whores workinâ there. Then I can have all the beer and whiskey I want to drink anytime I get thirsty, and all the whores I want, anytime I get to wantinâ me a woman.â
âNot me,â Evans said. âIâm goinâ back to Scott County, Missouri, and buy a farm and be one of the bigwigs in the county.â
âAll right,â Johnny said. âBut there ainât none of them plans goinâ to come true if anyone does something stupid in town that will get us found out.â
âCan we drink some, and whore some?â Short asked.
Johnny smiled. âI donât know about you boys, but I sure plan to,â he said.
âHa! Now youâre talkinâ!â Calhoun said.
âHey, what about our hats?â Evans
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