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Arthur

We had been ridin' for about an hour now. We were not too far away from Valentine, but I still was taking it slow, for Ford's sake.

"Hey Arthur?" Jamie says. I could feel a question coming.

"Yes Jamie?" I say, looking back at him.

"Are you and my sister sweet on each other again?" He asks. I had feared he would ask this. Mainly because everything is so confusing, and I have no proper way of knowing how to honestly answer that question. I mean, Mary did trust me enough to hug me when she saw me again, rather than slap me, or somethin' along those lines. Then again, she did request for me to go to her, so she was in no position to slap me anyways.

"I dunno Jamie." I said honestly. "Times get tough for everyone, and I think your sister just really needed some help." I say. He simply says "Alright." And that is all that we spoke about that. As we got closer we could hear a train pulling in. "Dammit." is all I can say. Not because Jamie is going to miss the train, but rather he would get on with Mary and they would leave immediately, leaving me no spare time with her.

"I am sorry Arthur." Is what Jamie says to my comment. It was as if he could feel the same thing I was feeling. We got to just outside of the train station when we both get off of Ford. I don't bother tying him to a post, it would just make it so he couldn't come when I whistled to him. Plus it is not like he is gonna go anywhere. That is what I thought at least.

I hear a "Jamie!" As I enter the train station with Jamie. Both Mary and Jamie embrace each other. She looks at me as she is huggin' Jamie and she mouths to me silently a, "Thank you." They hugged for a solid minute, and the train started to blow it's whistle, indicating it was gettin' ready to leave. I quickly grab Mary's bag and take her by her hand as she let go of Jamie.

"Come on boy." I say. "Don't want to miss your train." I say, calling back to Jamie. I get Mary to the train, and help her up, then I proceed to help Jamie up, handing him Mary's bags after he was on the train. After this, I simply say farewell and start to walk away.

"Arthur!" Mary yells as the train starts moving. I turn my head back and look at her. "Thank you…" then, just as fast as she came back into my life, she was out of it. After her train was gone, I sighed and headed back to Ford. I had just walked out of the door of the train station when some bastard took advantage of Ford not bein' tied up, and started riding him away. I ran to the nearest horse and hopped on. Hearing a "Hey thats my horse!" I yelled:

"Just borrowin' it!" and I took off after Ford. When I say that this horse was slow, I mean it with all my heart. This horse had to have been treated like shit to be so out of shape. I just say fuck it, and I stab the horse with a horse revitalizer I was saving for Ford. As I do this, the horse picks up speed and seems to not be tiring out. This, I am grateful for, because now it may have a slight chance at catching up to Ford. I do start to advance, because the bastard seems to not know how to properly handle a horse. "Mister!" I yell. "I believe you have my horse! I want my god damn horse back you bastard!" The man laughs. That was a mistake. When he laughed Ford heard his voice, not resembling mine, and bucked off the thief, still going at maximum speed. I did take satisfaction watching him tumble on the ground. I had slowed down, and whistled for Ford who came running back. I dismounted the horse I was using and took out my lasso, and lassoed the thief as he was trying to get away. "You have made a terrible mistake feller." I say, pulling the lasso tight as I walk towards him.

As I got within five feet of him, he realized he was not gonna get loose from the lasso, and so he started pleading.

"Please sir, I am so sorry! Please let me go!" He says. I kick him in his stomach for talking. He has given me a headache. He yells in pain, which makes me kick him again. This goes on for about a minute before he understands that if he makes noise, well imma beat the shit out of him. I hogtie him at this point and call Ford closer to me. I pick up this thief and put him onto the back of Ford, and take my remaining rope and put it around the horse I borrowed. I then mount Ford and start the ride back to valentine. I returned the horse back to the man I borrowed it from, and gave him some cash for his trouble. He eyes the man on the back of Ford, hogtied, and gives me some of the money back.

"You did this town a favor sir." He says. I tip my hat to him and continue on to the sheriffs station. I get off of Ford at this point and I load the thief onto my shoulder and walk into the sheriff's station.

"Well what have we got here?" The deputy says to me.

"A horse thief, and a Handsome devil that stopped him." I say chuckling a bit. The deputy smiles and says,

"Well lets not get too cocky. Lets see…" he walks over to the bounty board. "Seems this one ain't got a bounty, and.. well unfortunately we are all full up." He says, pointing to the cells filled up behind him with his thumb.

"Well what the hell am I supposed to do with this maggot?" I ask. The Deputy looks around and sees he is the only officer in the room.

"Honestly feller, you can do what you want with him. We ain't got the room for him, and I am sure you can find a reasonable punishment for him right?" The deputy asks. I find myself awestruck. This deputy literally just gave me permission to do what I wanted to do. Hell I woulda done it already if I didn't have to get little Jack some medicine. I tip my hat towards the deputy.

"It was a pleasure." I say. I then walk outside, knowing that this day is gonna get better.