Guns of Seneca 6

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On the night Jem Clayton came into the world, his mother grabbed Royce Halladay by the collar and said, “You better get this thing out of me.”

Doctor Halladay lowered his hands and made ready to catch. “All that is required is for you to push, my dear.”

One great heave and a few choice words brought Jem sliding into existence. The way his father told it, Jem didn’t even cry when Doc Halladay slapped him on the backside. He just looked at the doctor real mean and asked Sam if he could borrow a pistol.

Sheriff Sam Clayton told that story with a steady smile and voice, but always went quiet when it was finished. Claire, Jem’s little sister, always wanted him to go on, but no matter how much she begged, Sam wouldn’t budge. It was like he needed to go into himself a little and look at the moons above, or stare deep into the mountains of Coramide Canyon. It was like he could see things from the past that could not bear to be looked away from or they might go away and never come back.

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