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Arthur
As I ride away I pull my mask off. The poor bastard was coughing blood and I beat him senseless. Some tough man I am. I sigh and try to put it behind me, but it keeps haunting me. That man, Thomas Downes, he really had nothing, and I beat him for it. Thats not what Dutch had taught me to do growing up. Then again, I would not be in a band of outlaws always on the run if it were not for Dutch so there is that. I can't help but think that maybe all this is not good for me. I think back to the letter I got from Mary. Maybe if I just could get one last job pulled. A big one. Maybe I can just go away with her. Then again maybe I am just thinkin' crazy again.
I arrive at camp and get off of Ford. As I walk through camp I hear Uncle's Voice call out my name in a drunken manner. Can that damned idiot go a night without drinking? I think to myself.
"Not now Uncle." I yell from across camp. I continue on and make my way to my tent. I decide to close off my tent by untying the flaps that kept it open. The flaps fell down gently. I reach under my bed and pull out a box of items I hold dear. I open it and see my letter I recently got from Mary. Everything I thought of on the ride here comes crashing back unto me so I just put it aside and carry on, going deeper into the box until I found a different letter. It was from some long forgotten deputy that came across the bodies of my son and my young wife. (For those of you that do not know, Arthur did in fact have a wife and a child at one point, you learn about it on the ride with Rain Falls as he makes you some medicine) The letter says:
To those whom it may concern,
The young female of 19 - 20 years of age along with her child have been found dead at this residence. The deputies and sheriff of West Elisabeth highly recommend that whoever found these two dear in their hearts, to not go hunting for the killers. For what we know they may be in contact with Colm O'driscall's Gang. We have buried the two under the great oak tree in the front yard.
Our sympathies,
-The West Elisabeth Sheriff's department.
(Note I did not find this letter in the game, I made it up. Please do tell me if any of you have found a letter similar to this in game.)
I fold the letter up and put it away. The memory of when I found the graves... it still is painful. My little boy and my young wife both dead because of a robbery gone wrong. All they had was a petty ten dollars, and cause of that... well I ain't ever been the same since. Only fell in love with one other person since then, that being Mary. Hell I don't even pay the prostitutes at the saloon's any attention no more. Mary is the only reason I have left to be a good person. Imma find her tomorrow, and I will make things right for us again.