I usually avoid these attraction shows like the plague because they're usually pretty awful. This one seemed to be no exception. It began with a bunch...of mediocre clowns falling over each other and doing ancient pie-in-the-face type stuff. They did their pratfalls; I tried to maneuver into a comfortable napping position on the hard bench. Next, a rag-tag group of acrobats joined the clowns. I was unimpressed with the new group as well – that is, until I noticed the performer who will be forever. “Look Donna here’s ten bucks for that guy. If you want to practice some more, stand up there by the front of the car and I’ll send you guys at ten bucks apiece.”“OK, but don’t do my boyfriend anymore.”Donna was a perfect subcontractor. She was happy to get the practice and Julia had given her a hundred bucks when we left for the night. We were still getting fifty apiece for her clients, so we were doing nicely. Similar things happened at our other two locations. At Perkins Julia recruited an. Her real name was Illyanna. She had been walking home from the library where she went every night when they took her. Knowing she had to walk by the dark alley, they waited there for her. As she walked by, she was suprised to see a man in a black mask standing in front of her. Anna opened her mouth to scream as he held out a knife. Instead, a strong arm grabbed her from behind, pressing a rag with a sickly sweet smell to her mouth and nose. Her hands rose and tried to pull the hand and arm. Shipley sue Hooper for everything he owned if he didn't back off. The threat of the lawsuit seemed to have more effect on Hooper that anything else, and he turned right pale. I also explained that any more trouble at the Lazy S was going to call for another visit from me, and I wouldn't be so reasonable next time. I left him sputtering and at a loss for words as I walked out the door.I was nearly half way back to the Lazy S when a bullet creased my left arm. A second bullet killed my horse. I.