I watch as the new hotel owner steps off the stage and I watch as our local town Mayor moves towards the saloon.. I see the look in her eye and the contempt...in spite of the fact that I am the Judge and I could shut her down and jail her! I slowly get up from my chair and reach down and pick up my double barreled shot gun I carry with me on the streets. Old habits die hard I guess.....and young judges should die even harder

I am not alive today for because I took chances. I pull down on the stock and open the barrel and reach in the pocket of my full length black trench coat and pull out two cartridges and carefully slide them in both barrels...snapping the shotgun closed with a loud CLACK! I'm ready for my walk now I think.....
I see the mayor walk out of her her office and begin making the trip over to the saloon. I think about going over and paying her a visit and maybe buying her a drink. At some point she and I are going to have to join together if this backwater piece of shit town is ever going to be ANYTHING! Maybe someday she'll quit believing all the stories being passed around about me and wake up and smell the coffee....time will tell I guess. Lord knows I've backed the her play more than a few times when it got right down to it. Me and my shotgun have backed her that is.....and I will again if it ever comes to that. We need to clean out the nest of snakes and make this a decent town. Strange words coming from me? Maybe people don't really know me at all...all they know is what they hear...what they THINK they see...what they think they know.....Maybe the mayor knows where my heart really is......we'll see......
I walk down the street...tipping my hat to any and all who don't turn their nose up at me.....and I get to hear the occasional mutterings of "Fuck You Judge" after people walk past far enough. All I can really do is smile.....it doesn't bother me....this job isn't going to make one popular and lord knows I'm not anyone's favorite....well....maybe I am to a couple around these parts.....LOL. If that saloon girl would quit playing hard to get I'd show her what a REAL judge can do......I bet I can get a give her a score of "10"! I look up and see the Sheriff riding in and wonder what that dumb bitch has been doing....besides NOTHING! Jesus the town WHORE would probably make a better sheriff.....LOL. Then I see the sheriff appears to have gotten herself in a mess again so I walk over.....
"Hey Sheriff?" "You seem a little 'tied up at the moment"..."Need any help?" I try and hide my laughter as I walk over and pull the straps holding her hands tied together apart......tossing it aside.......God only knows what mess she just got out of.....probably playing footsie with the town whore and it went a little far and she got her ass tied up........hmmmm......does sound like some fun though......maybe later...... I walk on across the street and tip my hat to the Sheriff as I walk away.....striding over to the saloon. I suddenly notice two very very familiar horses tied up out front of the saloon and a sly smile comes over my lips and the wheels begin to turn in my head......clicking both barrels of the shotgun......old habits die hard.......old judges die even harder as long as they're careful

I am about to walk through the swinging doors into the saloon when I suddenly stop.....
I look back over my shoulder and see Misty walk into the Mayor's office.....and whisper to myself...."I think I'll go have me a little fun".........
I walk over to the Mayors office....cradling my shotgun....walk thru the door.....and smile as I lock eyes with that scumbag slut Misty......
Misty......one of the two filthiest scumbag skunk sluts to ever darken the streets of Rattlesnake Gultch.......Lexi and Misty!........What a pair!.....I wonder where her shit head partner Lexi is?....Probably getting liquored up to help her courage some......Lexi never was much for courage.......Misty is the one who had the guts in the gang......not long on brains....but at least she had some nerve! All I can do at first is whisper....."Fuck"...then I decide....."What the fuck".....and I plop down take a seat at the Mayor's desk!......and drop my shotgun on the with a loud WHAM! Lifting my long legs up and dropping them on the edge of the desk. Grinning......flashing my brightest smile......
"Now...where's that poker game?" "Isn't this where the poker game is gonna be today?"
'Why hello Misty!"..."Long time no see!"....."I thought you and Lexi were in prison?"...or was it that whore house in Tombstone?"....."Yeah!"...."Tombstone!"....."Aint that the town that had the bank robbery they never solved?"......"YET!".....
My dark eyes narrow a bit as I reach in the pocket of my long black trench coat and pull out a plug of chewing tobacco and slide it between my full lips and under my cheek....
"Maybe I get you all mixed up with the other SCUM in the territory" "EXCUSE ME Misty for my bad manners!" "I mean you are a "Lady" after all" "And I do use that term "Lady" ....loosely" "You all know about LOOSE though...don't ya?" I stare over at Misty again....smiling......and I lock eyes with her.....not blinking for what seems like an eternity........
"Why Misty"...."Last time I saw you was over in Dodge City" "Weren't you fucking Doc Holliday then?" "Ya know Misty....Doc said you gave him about the worst blow-job he's had in a long time!" "But then again....the good Doctor and I have been friends a long time"
"And your pal Lexi".....I heard she got run out Sante Fe for cheating at poker?" "WOW!" "Course...I guess that ain't as bad as when they ran ya outta Wichita for giving the clap to the sheriff!"....LOL!...."Gawd that sure was funny!" "Shit he's still pissed!"
"Hey!...you up for a little poker?" "Come on...I bet you would love a nice...friendly...little game!" Hell!.....We're both armed so neither one of us would ever even think about cheating the other...AM I RIGHT?"
"I mean is there anything that beats a NICE FRIENDLY little game of five card stud between FRIENDS?" "Am I right?" 'Hey I'm the Judge...I'm always right!" "Right?"
I feel my large dark eyes dart back and forth between the her eyes and the door...wondering if Lexi is gonna come busting through that door with guns blazing......watching Misty's eyes....and her hands....knowing with my shotgun on the desk and my hand on the stock of it.....and my other hand on the handle of my Colt pistol at my side....she may be slow.....but she won't do anything stupid.....right now anyways......plus....I got nothing on her...so maybe I'll just have a little fun for the moment. And I wonder why folks don't like me much...hehehe

Then I forget who I'm dealing with.....I almost wish she would make a move so I could end this all right now......but she has half a brain......Lexi has trained her well....but those two aren't THAT smart and I KNOW they are up to something.....and I aim to find out just what!
"Hey Misty.....Drinks are on me!" "What'll ya have?" "I bet the Mayor has a bottle in this office somewhere"