"Damn it Jeff."

"What' s'matter?" Jeff asked. He and Jimmie had sneaked down to one of the Boss's foreclosed fishing shacks, and were waiting until the Boss could pay them their thirty-five percent. They had gotten a measly eighteen bucks from the Hotel.

"Since we done hit that barmaid, the Boss ain' gonna pay us fer startin' that fight and damn trashing the place."

"That real perty filly?"

"A' course I mean her!"

"Maybe she didn't' make it…" Jeff paused, thinking. "I mean, I'd done grabbed her neck real bad, an' we both done heard her leg break, plus it got real cold that night… Maybe she died."

"Or maybe you're a jackass." Jimmie snapped.

"Maybe." Jimmie strained himself to NOT beat the living daylights out of Jeff. The barmaid, dyin'? All they'd done was break her leg, strangle her, and hit her with a chair until she was knocked out. Then Jeff tossed the table on her. She'd live. Which meant she could identify them.

"Oh, crap." He said aloud.

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"Daisy, what happened?" Luke asked.

Daisy looked up at him, their blue eyes meeting. She looked down, trying to remember. She sighed, then motioned over to the pad of paper on the table behind him. Bo handed it to her along with a pen.

As she started writing, the boys and Uncle Jesse exchanged glances. A good minute passed, and Daisy was still writing. She finally put the pen down and handed the paper to Uncle Jesse.

Uncle Jesse's eyes widened as he read. When he finished, he gave Daisy a look of shock.

"Ya sure bout all this?" Daisy nodded. Bo reached over her and Uncle Jesse handed him the paper. The two cousins both read.

I was working my usual shift, this was maybe an hour or two since Enos had left. Two fellers were laughing and joking all night, I didn't know who they were. 15 minutes to closing time, and they were the only two left. They hadn't had a whole lot of beer, so I didn't think they were that drunk. Jerry asked to leave early, and I told him that was fine. As soon as he left, one of the two guys came up and tried to pull the usual on me, and I told him no. The other one came up, and he tried again. I told him no and he grabbed me. The other one grabbed my leg and they tried to carry me out of there. I started kicking and he fell, only he landed on my leg, and I felt it snap. The guy got back up, and the one who held my waist let go. I got up and my leg hurt real bad. I tried to get over to the bar, but I got hit in the head with something, and I fell down again on my hand, one of the guys was hitting me with a chair. I rolled over and he was hitting me in the forehead. The other guy grabbed my neck. I was screaming and yelling, and then it went black.

Next thing I know, Enos was there, and it was really cold, and the place was trashed.

Bo looked up.

"Daisy?" He asked, aghast. Luke's eyes were set on the wide gashes on Daisy's forehead. They were chair marks. Uncle Jesse gave her hand a squeeze.

"D'y'all remember what them feller's looked like?

One was wearing a flannel jacket; the other was in a gray hooded sweatshirt.

"Flannel Jacket?" Luke asked. "What colors?"

Brown and red, looked real thick, too.

The image of a man in a brown and red flannel jacket running past the General, Johnny behind him, yelling, instantaneously came into Luke's head.

"Wha's goin' on, Luke?" Uncle Jesse asked.

"That's the same jacket that feller who robbed the Hazard Hotel was wearin'."

Bo's eyes grew wide in realization as well.

"Robbed the Hazzard hotel?" Uncle Jesse asked aloud. "Is that what Rosco's tryin' t' pin on y'all?"

"Yessir."

Daisy's eyes went from one cousin to the other. Robbed the Hazzard Hotel?

"Listen, boys, I think y'all better get outta here before Rosco decides to come back. See if y'all can find that feller. Us Dukes got a lot of questions to ask 'im."

Daisy shot a mournful look at her uncle.

"I'll be with ya, Daisy, don' worry. Better to have them at the house rather than in jail."

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"Rosco!" Boss yelled.

"Right here, Boss."

"Rosco, please tell me you've got them Duke boys locked up."

"Well, I did." Rosco said proudly.

Boss shot him a look.

"Did?"

"Yep. But they damn tricked me into lettin' 'em out to go to Tri- County, an' I lost 'em there."

"Tri- County?" Boss asked. "What's at Tri- County?"

"Daisy. Looks like she got beat real bad." Boss's face instantly paled.

"Found Enos, though. He was there with 'er,"

Boss remained silent.

"Uh, Boss?" Rosco asked.

"Boss? Maybe y'all need to get some hot coffee. It's freezin' in here, and you're lookin' pale."

"Mr. Hogg?" Enos walked in.

"What's the matter Enos?" Rosco asked.

"The Boar's nest is a mess, Mr. Hogg." Boss glared over at him.

"When did ya'll go over to the Boar's Nest?"

Couple hours ago. Uncle Jesse Duke asked me to go over there 'cuz Daisy was missin'. I found her there un'erneath a table. She was beat real bad, Mr. Hogg."

"How bad, Enos?"

"Well, her leg's broken, she got a concussion and one real bad black eye. Doc Peticortt said that she's mute…"

"Mute?" Boss asked.

"Yep, she can' talk, so one of the nurses done taught 'er sign language. Taught me too. See? A.." He began to show Boss the alphabet.

"Enos, you dipstick!" Rosco yelled. "Boss doesn't need to know how to make letters with his hands. Now get over to Tri- County and arrest them Duke boys!"

"What for, Sherriff?"

"Robbin' the Hazzard Hotel this mornin'."

"Sheriff, they was lookin for Daisy this mornin'."

"And robbed the hotel. Now go get 'em!"

"Yessir."

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Thanks for waiting, I been bad... but I will make it better! 1 more chapter tommorww, and i'll do 3 to make up for Labor Day. I promise, over my prized collection of Terri Clark CD's... --Wildthing