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White to move and mate in two #666 - in dubious battle [1]
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Date: 2025-05-15
The deputy shouted, “You keep those guys in order or we’ll do it with Winchesters.”
Dakin said coldly, “You can pull in your neck and go back to sleep.”
Mac muttered to Jim, “Those cops are scared as hell. That makes ‘em dangerous. Just like rattlesnakes when they’re scared: they’ll shoot at anything.”
The crowd had moved away now and the men were scattering to their tents. Mac said, “Let’s go have a look at Doc, Jim. Come on over by the stoves.” They found Dr. Burton sitting on a box, bandaging a man’s arm. A kerosene lantern shed a thin yellow light on his work and illuminated a small circle on the ground. He stuck down the bandage with adhesive.
“There you are,” he said. “Next time don’t let it get so sore. You’ll lose an arm some day, if you do.”
The man said, “Thanks, Doc,” and went away, rolling down his sleeve.
“Hello, Mac. Hello, Jim. I guess I’m finished.”
“Was that the ringworm?”
“No, just a little cut, and a nice infection started. They won’t learn to take care of cuts.”
Mac said, “If Doc could only find a case of small-pox now and set up a quarantine ward, he’d be perfectly happy. What’re you going to do now, Doc?”
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