To Love a Texan
Chapter One
The town of Fort Floppett, Texas, April, 1880
They were burying Lil McGinty today and it was
the biggest funeral this east Texas town had ever
seen. It would have been even bigger, Brad O'Neal
thought, if the local men hadn't been so chicken-livered
and scared of their wives that they were
afraid to attend.
So here he stood in the graveyard with the
whores and card dealers, Delilah, the black cook,
a billy goat named Herman, most of the single men
of the town, plus cowboys from all over the county.
Reverend Lovejoy was conducting the funeral, although
his congregation might have something to
say to him next Sunday. It was one thing to talk
about redeeming the lowly and quite another to
preach a respectable service for the biggest madam
in the Lone Star state.
It was a warm day. Brad sighed and shifted the
goat's leash to his other hand so he could wave
away a fly. He really missed Lil; she'd been a great
old gal.
Reverend Lovejoy droned on and on, attempting
to think of nice things to say about the sudden death
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