Sweet Vengeance Page #4

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I deeply appreciate it.

- You are a queer man.

- Unusual, opt for unusual.

Never queer.

You make sure he leaves.

Shame, he shames me, shames me in my house.

And you allow it. Why? Why?

Why do you allow him to shame me?

Never have I shamed you.

Never would I have this...

He shames me, twice he shames me,

and you were... nothing...

I listen, I listen to

everything you told me... Why? Why?

Am I not your

holy, obedient Son.

And you see to repay me in this faith...

And this, and this...

No!

It really stinks, ya know.

Can ya help me get them outta here?

On your knees.

Toss your gun aside. Slowly.

Is that my husband?

- Is that my husband?

- I didn't kill him, ma'am.

I swear I had nothing to do with set-up...

No, I swear I had nothing to do with it.

- You got the wrong man.

- Shut up.

It was the Prophet Josiah, he killed him.

No! No! We just came out here to dig up the body so

we could take him back to the house and burn it.

Shut your f***in' mouth.

Allow God's true expression

of your feelings.

Curly, come on, Curly, are you angry?

You must be angry. Be angry.

Look at me. You humiliated me.

Are you angry? Are you angry?

- I'm angry, I'm angry.

- Good. Good. What thoughts you have?

It is in your heart

of God's pure, divine truth

to come searing through you

and speak, hold nothing back.

- I have a thought.

- You have a thought, good.

I wanna know when we was

gonna get our wives.

You said we was all gonna

have wives when we came...

Jesus is your trouble.

You're ruled by your beastly desires.

Think through here, not through the...

I will bring wives to

you when you are ready.

You should remove this

puss-filled sack of distraction.

What do you think? No? No?

Can you allow God's love in your heart?

Can you control your mortal desires?

Can you? Can you?

You know why I teach you these things?

You understand?

You know I love you.

I know you do, Prophet.

Found Sid and Daniel's

ponies out by the woods.

Somethin' must've spooked 'em.

Give me one of the boys

and I'll go back and find 'em.

No, go right into town,

see if they've been arrested.

- Why would they be arrested?

- The Sheriff's a lunatic.

My little painted lady.

My fallen angel.

Miguel's been murdered.

God does not protect the weak.

I came to say goodbye.

I thought we already

did that seven years ago.

Something about you not

wanting your husband

or your children exposed to my sinful ways.

But they were also your ways, too, Sarah.

Seven times a virgin, were you now?

Did you think you could start over?

The evil on the blessing

will reach us all, my child.

I'm not ashamed of you anymore.

I pity you.

You think I'm unhappy?

I don't think much about it.

I forgive you, mother, for everything.

You have no influence over me.

You never have.

Everything you've ever

done is because of me.

So, do it well, do it well, my child.

We're making house calls again, are we?

Sportin' life always fit you well, Sarah.

I've come for my seven dollars.

Seven dollars to play my flute?

I won't pay a penny over a dollar.

Even if you do rub my balls.

Looks like you'll be visitin' me all week.

Just like old times.

- Is Martin in?

- He's out back, had to run to the privy.

- Would you see that he gets this?

- Absolutely, ma'am.

How ya doin', honey?

Fine, Grandma.

- Where did say Martin was?

- Out back usin' the privy.

Show me that pretty face.

Oh.. oh...

Yeah... oh...

- It feels good in the ass, don't it?

- No, no, it hurts.

What in the hell are you doing back here?

My little granddaughter was

tryin' on a dress in the back room,

and then there was a loud gunshot

and then there was a loud crash,

and Martin's head busted through the wall.

Well, you're just nothin' but

a dirty old dog, aren't ya?

- He got what he deserved.

- He certainly did.

- Anyone else in the store with you?

- A young woman came in, asked for Martin,

then pulled some cartridge

boxes of the shelf,

laid some money on the counter

and then left right before the big bang.

Strawberry hair, purple dress,

all painted up, about thirty years of age?

- Yes, very polite.

- That's interesting.

A woman fitting that description,

been leavin' bodies all over town today.

I've gotta perform a little procedure here.

May want to avert your eyes.

- Sheriff, right here?

- I don't know.

- Is this necessary?

- I don't want the body gettin' no harder.

Then it's like cuttin'

through a piece of firewood.

You ever tried cutting

firewood with a knife? It don't chop.

There's a surprise for you, little girl.

- Can you do me a favor?

- Okay.

- Just hold my coat for one minute.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

Let's see now.

Well, I ain't no surgeon,

but,

I guess that the bullet

would be

right about

here.

There, I got it. I got it.

See.

When a member of the white race,

who is of the chosen seed,

mixes their blood with the seed of Cain

a member of the African race, or...

- Any other heathen.

- Any other dark skinned heathens,

The penalty under the law of God is

death on the spot.

And it will always be so.

The Sheriff ain't arrestin' nobody.

Someone killed Hugh and Martin.

- Where?

- In town.

- Was it a robbery?

- I don't believe so.

- What did the Sheriff say?

- He's not sayin' much.

Word is that it was the

woman whore what done it.

What other kind of whore is there?

Saddle-up the horses.

Let's see how much you weigh.

You look like the right God out there.

Josiah would not approve.

Josiah ain't here.

Howdy, ma'am, do you need

any help with your wash?

Oh, God.

- Mornin', hello, Sheriff.

- I need your help.

I got these two bullets

that match up identical weights,

we'll call them the Levi

and the Josie bullets.

- Who were they?

- Never mind the names.

Now I got these two, let's call these

the banker and the store owner bullets.

- They murdered Hugh and Martin.

- That's ain't important at this time.

Now, the Levi bullet and the Josie bullet

are the same caliber and weight, 45, 250.

Banker and the store owner, same caliber

and weight, 44, 200.

That's the limit of my

investigative abilities.

Well, I could take it a

couple of steps further.

Melt down bullets and tell

ya their exact composition.

That might help ya determine

where they came from.

Yes, it would.

And if you know where they came from,

you might be able to trace

'em back to the killer.

How long will it take ya?

Why don't ya come back in the

morning and I'll have it for ya.

Who do we have left? Just Stu?

- That's it.

- Where is he?

Out fixin' the fence by the Flats.

So, the banker and the store owner

bullets are of identical composition.

- Right.

- They're 97% lead and 3% tin.

Standard factory made,

which is what I expected.

But here's where it takes an

interesting turn, Levi and Josie bullets

are also of identical

composition to one another.

But they're 95 % lead

and peculiarly 5% zinc,

leading me to believe these bullets

were not factory made, but were home made.

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