How could she, Sue realized, without confessing what had happened to make her so desirous of moving? And she simply couldn't bring herself to tell him...all the sordid things that his stepfather had forced upon her during his absence. In his presence, she was too ashamed of the way she herself had responded to that sordidness to admit even a part of the goings on to her unsuspecting and hard-working husband. And besides, he was so happy and enthusiastic about his new job that she hated to spoil. Let's just work on cleaning the whole damned mess up. It was given to Hardcase, aka Godess Thia, to stop the crazies calling themselves the Holy Crusade, and to Steetch and Freaky, to re-educate the misguided Minions. They were Team Phantos. Freaky lobbyed for and won the role of Phantos, this time- although to be fair, Steetch on the fountain only looked like Steetch if you climbed up right behind Thia and looked over her shoulder at him. Otherwise, he presented a different mien from every. He needed to ride out on the open plains and be alone. He needed to sit as the chiefs and medicine men did and think this out. His thoughts were all tangled up and running into each other as he tried to think WHY.Mr. Hollister left Tom at the station and rode back to the ranch. He sat in the shade of the train station, his horse standing next to him.He took out his flute and played it soft and sweet as he sat thinking of the days past when he and Sally Mae had traveled together. The times they. Peacock, Esquire thrust himself into Velda’s office. To say Arthur Peacock, Esquire is a colorful character, is like saying Castro is a tyrant! He could pass for Danny DeVito in a white linen suit. All smiles, the red faced man rushed up to me, taking my hand like a long lost relative, he ushered me into his dark office all the while explaining how happy he was to finally meet me. Parking me in a huge leather chair in front of his massive carved mahogany desk, ‘Make your self at home,’ he.