Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Dead men's economics

     A red-headed cowhand with blunt features came into the door of the Diamond Palace. "I'll give five hundred dollars to see that man dead!" Tetlow shouted.

    The redhead's eyes shifted. He remembered what he had heard about Kilkenny and drew back into the shadows of the saloon. Five hundred was a year's wages, but a dead man couldn't spend a dime.

(from Kilkenny, by Louis L'Amour)

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