Lost In the Smoke (standard:Satire, 638 words)
Author: littlebit	Added: Jul 29 2005	Views/Reads: 5156/2537	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A lost episode of 'Gunsmoke'

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“Yeah,” said David, after the pause, “Go on, go on.” 

“Well, you all know Festus wasn't much educated... neither was his
mother, it turns out. Those birds got themselves a high dollar 
lawyer... ” 

“Matt,” insisted Doc, “Are you gonna tell us or not?”  . 

“Yeah. I'll tell you.” He took the glass that the bartender had set in
front of him and emptied it in one gulp. Then he threw the glass with 
such fury that it smashed through a front window. “I'll tell you,” he 
repeated. “They walked. Every last one of them. They oughta be a'hangin 
from a rope, and they walked. The law can't touch ‘em... When Festus' 
mother wrote out his birth paper, she left out the first ‘s'. So it 
read ‘Fetus Haggen'... saw it with my own eyes... as good a friend as I 
ever had... as good a deputy as I ever had... as good a soul as I've 
ever known.” 

He looked around the table – around the room. “You know that,” he
demanded. “You all know that.” Nodding heads agreed. He continued, “As 
good a soul as any of us ever knew... but he was a Fetus, not a Festus, 
so there's no law agin taking his life.” 

His words trailed off – lost in the smoke. 


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