GRAY RIDER JACK AND LIZZIE BECOME PARTNERS

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JACK AND LIZZIE BECOME PARTNERS
 

JACK AND LIZZIE MADE IT BACK TO OLD CAMP SPOT WHERE THE PACK HORSES WERE STAKED OUT.   JACK LOWER LIZZIE OFF HER MOUNT AND LAID HER ON GROUND.     RELEASED THE TOURNIQUET TO LET THE BLOOD FLOW THEN CLAMP BACK DOWN.

LIZZIE:   JACK WHAT YOU GOING TO DO?

JACK:   I GOT TO OPEN IT UP POUR SOME WHISKEY IN IT TO CLEAN IT OUT THEN CAUTERIZE IT.

JACK:   HERE LIZZIE TAKE ANOTHER SHOT. 

LIZZIE TAKES A GOOD SHOT .  JACK MAKES A FIRE AND GETS IT GOING.   PULLS HIS BOWIE KNIFE FROM ITS COVER AND STICK BLADE INTO FIRE TO GET HOT. HE STERILIZES THE BLADE IN HEAT THEN TAKES IT OUT AND POURS SOME WHISKEY OVER IT.   GIVES LIZZIE A STICK .

JACK:   HERE BITE DOWN ON THIS. T HERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS WITHOUT LOT PAIN.

LIZZIE:   I HAVE A SON I KNOW WHAT PAIN IS.

JACK:   YOU DO.   TELL ME ABOUT HIM, LOOK AT ME.

LIZZIE:   HE 5 YEARS OLD SANDY HAIR BIG BLUE EYES

OOOO JACK  SHE GRIPS HIS SHOULDER TIGHT AND BURY HER FACE IN HIS CHEST.   JACK HAD JUST OPEN THE HOLE UP SO IT DRAIN GOOD. THEN JACK POURS SOME WHISKEY IN IT.  LIZZIE SCREAMS AND SOBS IN HIS CHEST.

JACK:   ONE MORE THING LIZZIE AND IT OVER WITH HUN.

JACK STICK HIS KNIFE BACK INTO THE FIRE TO HEAT UP.   LIZZIE SOB IN HIS CHEST AND HE STROKES HER HAIR.

JACK:  IT BE OK SOON AND YOU CAN REST THEN. GOT STOP THE BLEEDING HUN.

JACK REACH FOR KNIFE WHICH THE BLADE WAS CHERRY RED AND STICK IT IN THE WOUND.  LIZZIE SCREAMS AND PASSES OUT.  WHISKEY AND PAIN HAS TAKEN OVER.   LIZZIE LAY ON BLANKET OUT COLD .  JACK STICK SAME KNIFE BACK IN FIRE AND POUR SOME WHISKEY ON FOOT AND HE  GROANS IN PAIN.   THEN TAKES KNIFE AND PLACE IT WHERE HIS LITTLE TOE ONCE WAS AND LET OUT A YELL.

JACK WRAP HIS FOOT AND GETS A BLANKET TO COVER LIZZIE JANE .  UNSADDLE HORSES AND DRY THEM OFF AND GIVE THEM SOME OATS. HE LIMPS BACK TO THE FIRE.

HE CRAWLS UNDER BLANKET WITH LIZZI.  SHE MAY HAVE CHILLS TONIGHT.   SO HE USES HIS BODY HEAT KEEP HER WARM.  JACK CUDDLE UP TO LIZZIE JANE.   SHE LAY HIS HAND OVER TO CUP ONE BREAST AND SOON BOTH ASLEEP.

JACK WOKE UP FIRST.  LIZZIE WAS ALMOST ON TOP HIM WITH LEG ON HIS BODY, WITH HER BAD ARM OVER HIM.   SHE HAD HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER AND HE HAD ARM AROUND HER AND HIS RIGHT HAND ON HER SHOULDER.    JACK SLOWLY TOOK HER BAD ARM OFF HIM.  LIZZIE MUMBLED 'DO NOT GO JAMES.'   

JACK ROLL HER TO HER BACK AND GOT UP.  HE STARTED THE FIRE BACK UP AND PUT ON SOME COFFEE.   GOT THE FRY PAN OUT CUT SOME SALT MEAT.   MADE SOME DOUGH UP AND PUT IN SECOND SKILLET AND SET CLOSE TO THE FIRE.

SOON THE SALT MEAT WAS DONE .  JACK TOOK IT OUT, AND POUR SOME COFFEE IN THE GREASE TO MAKE RED EYE GRAVY.   SOON IT WAS HOT THE BISCUITS WERE DONE.   BREAKFAST WAS MADE.   HE WAKE UP LIZZIEJANE WITH GENTLE NUDGE 'WAKE UP HUN'.

LIZZIE GOT UP:  BOY THAT ARM IS SORE!

JACK:   IT HAS BEEN THREW A LOT LIZZIE.  OTHER THAN THE ARM YOU FEEL OK?

LIZZIE:   YES I SLEEP GREAT,  HAD SOME WONDER FULL DREAMS.

JACK:   WHAT KIND DREAMS?

LIZZIE:   I DREAM MY MAN CAME BACK AND WAS HOLDING ME CLOSE.

JACK:   FUNNY I HAD DREAMS I WAS HOLDING MY DECEASED WIFE.

LIZZIE:   WHAT HAPPEN TO HER?

JACK:   SHE GOT PNEUMONIA IN WINTER OF 60 PASS AWAY.  I GOT OUT ARMY AND TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO MY MOTHER PLACE.   WAS ALMOST THERE WHEN RED LEGS KILL HER AND LEFT ME FOR DEAD.

LIZZIE:   YOU LOST ALL YOU LOVE DEAR.

JACK:   UNTIL YESTERDAY I HAD NO HOPE.   DO YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY?

LIZZIE:  I REMEMBER A LOT YESTERDAY. I HAD A MAN THAT TOOK GREAT CARE OF ME.  I THINK I MIGHT OF KISSED  HIM.     HUUUUMM (Smile)

JACK:   YES YOU MIGHT OF.   I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THE SAME TODAY AFTER ALL THE PAIN I PUT YOU THRU.

LIZZIE:   I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.   YOU DID IT RIGHT.  THANKS JACK.  YES I FEEL THE SAME TODAY.

JACK KISS HER AND PULL BACK 'I GOT MAKE SOMETHING TO CARRY THE ARM IN.'  JACK GOT OUT ONE HIS SHIRTS;  PUT LIZZIE ARM IN IT AND TIED SLEEVES AROUND HER NECK.

'LIZZIE YOU ALWAYS GOT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME HEHEHE. WHEN RIDING, THE RIDE WONT HURT THE ARM LIKE THIS.'

JACK PUT OUT THE FIRE, POUR LAST CUP COFFEE OUT IN CUPS, WIPE THE PANS CLEAN, PUT THEM AWAY, PUT PACKS ON HORSES AND SADDLE HIS AND LIZZIE HORSES.   FILL UP CANTEENS WITH WATER FROM WATER HOLE. HELP LIZZIE UP ON MUSTANG. HE STILL GOT A LIMP AND STEPS UP ON Sam.   JACK TAKES THE REINS OF TWO PACK HORSES AND OFF THEY WENT.

 

 

CAPTAIN:   HE HAD 4 WOUNDED MEN. CAN NOT TAKE THEM WITH HIM. SO HE HALF TO SEND THEM BACK SERGEANT. 

SERGEANT: YES SIR

CAPTAIN:   I WANT YOU MAKE 4 LITTER BEARERS. TIE TO THE WOUNDED MEN HORSES AND SEND TWO PRIVATES TO TAKE THEM BACK.

SERGEANT:   WE ONLY HAVE THREE MEN LEFT THEN.

CAPTAIN:   THAT'S RIGHT AND WE AFTER ONE MAN .  THAT'S 5 TO 1.

BILL:   WHERE THE BOUNTY HUNTER FIT IN?

CAPTAIN:   BY THE LOOKS OF YESTERDAY SHE MAY CHANGE SIDES.  WE DID SHOOT HER DID WE NOT?   THANKS TO CORPORAL JACK MAY HAVE HELP.   [CORPORAL LOOKS DOWN.]  WE GOT TWO WOUNDED PEOPLE OUT THERE WE CHASING.

BILL:   WOUNDED ANIMAL IS SO DANGEROUS. RE MEMBER CAPTAIN!   JACK IS AN OUTSTANDING SHOOTER.   HE HAS A SHARPS.

CAPTAIN:   WHAT YOU THINK BILL?

BILL:   IN DAY LIGHT STAY A HALF MILE AWAY, OUT RANGE.   HE KILL US ALL IF WE DO NOT.

CAPTAIN:   HOW WE CATCH HIM THEN?

BILL:    LET HIM GO! OR WE ALL END UP DEAD.

CAPTAIN:   I GOT MY ORDERS BILL.  WE FOLLOW A HALF MILE BEHIND.   HOPE WE GET A BREAK.

 

AS THE WORLD TURN SO DOES THE WORM. SOMETHING JACK SET IN MOTION 5 DAYS BACK COMING HAPPENS.   CRAZY DOG RIDES INTO RED BEAR CAMP.   YOU REMEMBER CRAZY DOG DON'T YOU.   (THE DRUNK INDIAN JACK GAVE THE HORSE TO.)   CRAZY DOG SAYS FEW WORDS TO RED BEAR . RED BEAR LOOK LIKE SOME ONE JUST STEP IN HIS TEEPEE WITH BISON DUN ON FEET.   HE LIFT HIS BOW AND LET OUT A WAR CRY AND COMANCHE BRAVES COME RUNNING OUT TEEPEES.

 

GRAY RIDER CAPTAIN RACHARSON THE PRIST