Lone Star Page #2

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Nineteen out of 20 people here

are Mexican.

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There was a faction pulling

for that boy killed in the Gulf War--

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Yeah. Santiago.

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Mexicans that know remember what...

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...Buddy was for their people.

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Hell, it was Mercedes over there

who swung...

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...the deciding vote for him.

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She made it an even 3-3.

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As mayor, I get to cast the tiebreaker.

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The old-timers won't have a problem.

They know how Buddy come to be sheriff.

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Tell that story, Hollis.

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Everybody heard it a million times.

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I'd like to hear it.

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Your version of it.

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Yeah, come on, Hollis.

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Well, the two of us...

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...were the only deputies back then.

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Me and Buddy, in what, '58?

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'57, I think.

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The sheriff at the time

was big Charlie Wade.

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Charlie...

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...was one of your old-fashioned

bribe-or-bullets kind of sheriffs.

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He took a healthy bite out of whatever

moved through this country.

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It was in here one night...

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...back when Jimmy Herrera run the place.

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iStarted over a basket of tortillas./i

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This beaner fare doesn't agree with me

but the price sure is right.

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Jimmy got a kitchen full of wetbacks,

most of them relatives.

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Those people breed like chickens.

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So?

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I roust some imuchacho/i on the street

with no papers, all he's got to say is:

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iI work for Jimmy Herrera./i

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Sort of a...

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...I-scratch-his-back-he-washes-mine

arrangement, if you know what I mean.

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This'll be one of your pickups.

First of the month, like the rent.

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Get the car, Hollis.

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I'm not doing it.

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Come again?

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It's your deal.

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There's going to be some left over for you.

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I take care of my boys.

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That's not the point, Charlie.

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You feeling bad about Jimmy?

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Ask him how big a imordida/i they took

when he run a place on the other side.

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Those old boys from Ciudad Len--

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I'm not picking it up.

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You do whatever I say you do

or else you put it on the trail, son.

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How about this, Charlie?

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How about you lay that shield

on this table and vanish...

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...before you end up dead...

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...or in jail?

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You're not making sense, Buddy.

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Stick around and I'm bringing up charges

on the county road project.

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Two-thirds of that money went straight

into your pocket.

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You're being mighty careless

with your mouth, son.

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You ever shoot a man

who's looking you in the eye?

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It's a whole different story, isn't it?

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You're fired.

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Not a soul in this county isn't sick to death

of your bullshit.

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Make yourself scarce and you'll make a lot

of people happy.

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-You little piss ant.

-Now...

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...or later.

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You won't have any trouble finding me.

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You're a dead man.

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Get the goddamn car.

We're going to Roderick's.

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iBoy.../i

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i...another beer, please./i

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Yeah, that Buddy was a cool breeze.

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Wade was known to put quite a few people

in the ground...

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...and your daddy gets eyeball-to-eyeball

with him.

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We made our pickup at Roderick's place.

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Nobody's seen hide nor hair of him since.

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He went missing the next day along

with $10,000 in county funds from the safe.

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Never heard from him again.

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Buddy Deeds said a thing,

he damn well backed it up.

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Never be another like him.

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So, I suppose then he arrested

all of Jimmy Herrera's people and...

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...sent them back to the other side?

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He came to an accommodation.

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Money doesn't always have to change

hands to keep the wheels turning.

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I know you had problems with your father.

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-And he and Muriel--

-Your mother was a saint.

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But Buddy Deeds was my salvation.

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Won't be another like him.

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It is an honor for me...

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...to assume command of this unit.

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I look forward to working with all of you.

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I'm sure you're all aware

of the Army's decision...

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...to shut this post down.

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That doesn't mean, however,

that we're here to mark time...

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...until we're reassigned.

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You may have heard rumors...

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...that I run a very tight operation.

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