Saturday, December 23, 2023

Crafty dumb

     "Big Injun," Chantry suggested, "you make him a coffin. All right?"

    "Blanket good enough." Big Injun was abrupt. "Worms eat him, anyway."

    "I want a coffin for him. Will you make it or do I hire somebody else?"

    "One dollar?"

    "All right."

    Everything with Big Injun was one dollar. Didn't he know what twenty-five cents was? Or was he smart enough not to learn?

(from Borden Chantry, by Louis L'Amour)

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