Back at the saloon people were starting to drift in… Zamba had spent all morning rootin around fer her box... she finally found it under the bed squished up against an old slipper… she managed to crawl under the bed and get it out … but unsure which end was up so she placed it on her dresser and figured she get some feller to help her fiddle with it later…
Turr had finally gotten Guzzler to stay awake… he was propped onto a barstool talking to Blue who was waiting for Funnyface and Salty to show up… How could they dance without a piano player?? But Guzzler piped up that he would play if they didn’t get there soon… Blue says, “ Oh I didn’t know you played.”
‘I didn’t know either but give them a few drinks and I’ll wing it,” he says with a smirk….
Blue laughed and figured why not…. So Guzzler plunked his arse down on the piano bench and started playing (god knows what tune.. guzzler didn’t even know)… But Blue didn’t care, she’d had a few drinks and was half in the bag anyways… she was stompin around the floor and every now and then she’d kick up her leg like a horse trying to kick off its shoe… I think she was trying to be a rockette er sumptin…
Zamba came down the stairs and decided she dance along with Blue since she didn’t know how to fix her box yet… she was dancing up a storm when FunnyFace ran into the saloon… she ran up behind Turr… grabbed him and swung him around like she Fred Astair… “Turr!! We got trouble!! Salty was jumped last night and someone beat the tar outta him!! They kicked him in the gonads and the stepped on hic pointy finger!! He can’t play the doc says,” Funnyface was hysterical so Turr tossed a glass of water in her face (he didn’t wanta slap her eh) … She stopped mid sentence and just stared at Turr… then he asked where Salty was… Funnyface pointed out the door and said, “He’s still at the doc’s office.”
So Turr says he’d be right back and headed over to Doc Boozie’s office…. There he found Salty and Boozie arguing … Salty was trying to get dressed and head to the saloon and Boozie was saying it was too soon that Salty needed to rest for a few days… Turr told Salty to go home and rest and that Guzzler was fillin in for him for a few days… Now Salty wasn’t too happy about some other feller tickling his ivory but what was he supposed to do… So he laid back down and gave up the struggle..
Turr said, “I’ll see ya in a few days Salty” and he left the office and headed out back across the road to tend to the bar… Salty rolled over and reached for the ice bag to stop the bruising… he’d find out who jumped him and pay the buggers back…
Up in the hills Confusus was gaining ground on the rustlers… as he got closer he was amazed to see some women in the group… he thought he recognized some of them from town... then he seen what looked like the boss and couldn’t believe his eyes ... It was River and he had Corrupted, Whamel, and Butterfly with him… Confusus almost fell off his horse in shock... who would have guessed that the rustler gang was River and his gulls?