The four-man crew of the airship had the standard weapons of their own with them, so I added them to assist me in the mobile reserve.We only had to wa...t for about 20 minutes until the pirates showed up. There were 14 of them, and they were all armed in the conventional manner. They approached us in a relatively tight group just perfect for my assault gun. I set the pressure for silent operation and the firing style to full automatic. Two sweeps with my gun wiped out all but four of the pirates,. Aunt Bessie held some pretty strong opinions and beliefs. The weird thing—this amazing woman was usually right.Not much is known about Aunt Bessie during her first year; but then the story picks up when she meets her future husband.The story goes when she first met him; she mistakenly thought he was one of the Baker boys, one of the sons of a family of wealthy farmers who lived in the area.Well, what can I tell you? Her future husband, Desmond, though poor as one of Job's turkeys, was one. News media interest in the shooting had picked up overnight, but his name hadn't been mentioned, yet. The New Mexico officers must have made good time during the night. According to one report summarized by AI Penelope, they had definitively tied the three Texas suspects to the crimes in Las Cruses. There was going to be an extradition hearing to take the driver back to New Mexico to face murder charges.Waylon knew it was only a matter of time before his phone started ringing. He'd instructed. Jennifer dropped him off at Hornsby Golf Course where the team's passenger-van was waiting. The team and coaches loaded everything on the van. Dave gave Jennifer a goodbye kiss and told her he would see her in a couple of weeks. Jennifer drove away heading for North Beach and Dave watched her car disappear around the corner.As Dave took his seat on the van he realized how much he would miss his friend, John, being on this trip. They had spent a lot of good times together at the nationals the.