A cowboy rode into town...
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A cowboy rode into town and stopped at the saloon for a drink. Unfortunately the locals had a habit of picking on strangers, which he was. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen. He went back into the bar, handily flipped his six-gun into the air, caught it above his head without even looking, and fired a shot into the ceiling. He bellowed, "WHICH ONE O' YOU SIDEWINDERS STOLE MY HOSS?" No one dared say a word. The stranger's eyes narrowed and he said in a voice like a prickly pear cactus, "All right, I'm gonna have another beer, an' if my hoss ain't back outside by the time I finish, I'm gonna do what I dun down in Texas!" He paused and his mouth took on an ugly curl. "An' I don't like to have to do what I dun down in Texas!" Some of the locals shifted restlessly. He drank his beer, walked outside, and his horse was back! He mounted up and turned to ride out of town. Just then the curious bartender stuck his head out the two swinging doors. "Say, partner, before you go, just what was it that you dun in Texas?" "Oh, that," the cowboy said. "I had to walk home."
-- Mosley
-- Mosley
