July 22, 1889 (Friday)

Both Heyes and Curry slept late into the morning. The events that Kid and Heyes were required to attend were again shortened due to several of their friends arriving by train that afternoon. In fact, the only thing they were required to attend was the formal dinner at the Governor's Mansion, and they were each informed they could bring one guest. With Georgette's arrival that afternoon, they chose to take the two women. Diamond Jim also arrived that afternoon, but saw little of the boys after they picked him up at the train station as he had made other plans prior to his arrival.

That afternoon the Governor's personal tailor arrived to take measurements, explaining that the Governor's Ball was a formal event and they would each be loaned a tuxedo for the event. Kid looked at Heyes and rolled his eyes, but endured what he considered a rather invasive fitting.

Tim drove Heyes, Curry, Lom, Clem, and Georgette to the Governor's Mansion for the dinner attended by several of the Governor's political friends and allies. Both Clem and Georgette had a wonderful evening, mingling with the other wives and girlfriends in attendance, and enjoying a magnificent dinner comprised totally of French cuisine that both Heyes and Curry found unappealing and sometimes quite strange.

"Heyes, he expected us to eat...snails!" Kid complained on the ride back to the hotel.

"I suppose it's no worse than Rocky Mountain Oysters, Kid."

"You wouldn't catch me eating them either. Some things is just to ...personal to eat."

Clem and Georgette looked at each other and smiled at Kid's protests.

"Well, I thoroughly enjoyed this evening," Clem said happily."

"Me, too," Georgette added. "And I can't wait for the ball tomorrow night."

"Me either," Kid agreed. "It'll mean this has all finally come to an end."

"Kid, it's a shame you can't just enjoy all this, I mean it is all in your honor, you and Heyes," Clem chided.

"See, this whole week has been the kind of thing women enjoy. Women love all the teas and dances and all that sort of gibberish," Kid replied.

Clem looked at Georgette and frowned.

"He might have a point," Georgette conceded.

When Tim dropped them off at the Regency, Kid headed straight for the bar.

"Where are you going?" Heyes asked.

Kid turned and glared at his partner. "To the bar for a steak and a beer. I'm hungry!"

Heyes looked nervously at Lom and the two women.

"We can get ourselves upstairs, Heyes," Clem said, "You two go join Kid."

"Thank you," Heyes replied and hurried off toward the bar with Lom hot on his tail.

July 23,1889 (Saturday)

One final session with reporters was schedule that morning and both dressed in normal daily attire. Many of the questions involved their plans for the future and neither had really solidified any plans, much to the reporter's disappointment. The atmosphere was lighter than the previous interviews and reporters just shouted out questions without being specifically chosen to speak.

"What are you doing tomorrow after the amnesty ceremony?"one reporter asked.

"I'd like to get drunk," Kid replied. "But I'm guessing I'll likely just pack."

"That's right. We'll be leaving Cheyenne first thing Monday morning," Heyes added.

"Where will you be going?"

"Kid and me don't usually plan ahead. We like to just go where the wind blows us."

"Will you stay together?"

They gave each other a quick glance.

"Again, we haven't really thought it all though yet. I suppose it depends on what we each decide we want to do with the rest of our lives."

"Either of you tempted to go back to outlawing?"

Kid laughed. "After this week, there's too many pictures of us are out there. We couldn't go back to outlawing even if we wanted to."

"How about law enforcement, then?"

Both shook their heads. "I'd like to stay as far away from both sides of the law as I can," Kid replied.

"Either of you ever think about writing a book about all your adventures?"

Kid just shook his head and deferred the question to Heyes."

"Might be interesting to try my hand at writing someday. But a book about us? No, I don't think so. People will be forgetting all about us in a few years, maybe even a few months. Besides, I certainly couldn't name any of the outlaws we've known or rode with. Too much chance of a law suit."

Early in the afternoon, the tailor arrived with their tuxedos that they had to put on for minor adjustments. Both women had already begun primping and readying themselves for the the Ball. Curry and Heyes offered them the use of their baths while they and all their other invited guests spent a couple of hours in the hotel bar for their own private celebration.

At seven-thirty Tim arrived with the carriage and Heyes, Curry, Clem, and Georgette climbed in for the ride to the Ball.

Lom had not been offered the loan of a tux, so he opted to skip the ball and join the others for a continuation of the celebration, sans the guests of honor, in the bar.

Neither Heyes nor Curry had ever attended such a formal and elaborate ball. The closest they had ever come was an occasional wedding reception which starkly paled in comparison. Kid felt terribly awkward and out of place and stayed very close to Clem the entire evening. Heyes, feeling a little less out of place, did manage to dance a few dances with Georgette and even traded Georgette off to Kid so Clem could experience all the gaiety of the ball.

Kid would have been happy leaving a hour after they arrived, but Heyes, as well as the two women, insisted they stay. Around one in the morning, Heyes finally relented to Kids persistent pleas.

"Oh, tonight was wonderful," Clem exclaimed as they rode back to the Regency."I think I could easily become quite accustomed to that type of lifestyle. All those fancy dinners and balls..."

"I think I made quite the impression with Senator Hackman," Georgette said proudly. "He said he would call on me the next time he's in Denver."

"Did you ask him if he's ever been to Denver?" Kid grumbled and Georgette gave him a spiteful sneer.

"Well, Kid, we made it through all the parades and dinners and photograph session and interviews of the week. All that's left now is the amnesty ceremony."

"Yep, and then we are once and for all out of this business, Heyes," Kid said with a boyish grin.