Blogathon 2006: Chapter 23.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 4 comments link this post
"The name's Elmer Kelton."
Dove looked back and saw the small man who thought himself so much bigger as long as Solitaire was around.
"That so." He turned back to his drink, the last one he'd be nursing today. Something was coming down the pipe and this little gutless wonder was going to get it started.
"So how's Bliss Lomax doing anyway?"
Dove didn't take the bait. The barkeep, however, quickly hit the floor behind the bar as if to find something; most likely his courage.
"Here she's a real beauty. Actually, I don't hear that. I know it."
Dove ran his finger around the rim of his glass, his throat burning from the low-grade whiskey and the high-grade irritation that Kelton was providing. He was gearing up for a good one.
"Haven't seen her lately, have you?" Elmer snickered. "I'd say she's been gone 'bout a week, since you high-tailed it out of Solitaire's place."
Trying not show his concern for Bliss but wondering if something had happened to her, he turned to Kelton. "How's the law here in Crossfire Trail?"
"You thinkin' of calling the sheriff?" Kelton laughed. "Tell him hello from all of us."
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4 Comments:
Elmer Kelton. *snicker*
As a sniveling underling, no less. I think he'd be amused by that.
My dad knows Elmer, by the way.
By 
Eric, at
29/7/06 20:27
No way, Eric, no way! The Ernest Kelton? Dang.
I should have made him a noble character! I'm working from a list of authors from my dad's extensive western book collection and now I'm wishing I'd picked, say, Ernest Haycox for the sniveling underling, or something.
Urk. Who'd have thunk it...
By Julie, at
29/7/06 21:07
Oh, it's not like they're best buds or anything. He's from San Angelo, which is just up the road from where my dad lives (and about the same distance from where I live), and he's met him a few times at book signings and such.
As I said, he'd be amused.
By Eric, at
29/7/06 22:10
(But I'm kind of horrified.)
By Julie, at
29/7/06 22:17
