He stopped to warm his hands by the big potbellied stove. A taste of coffee might warm his hide a little too, so he filled a cup and walked back to the window.”
–Nathan Wright (The Trail)
Come in, Pard, warm yurself up. Got up early to get the stove goin’ and the coffee ready for I reckoned yuh might be comin’ over. Whoopee, we had a storm earlier in the week, but not as bad here as down south of us. Some of them twisters hit the ground and did some damage.
Yeah, I know that’s how ol’ Lankus hurt his leg. No it wasn’t a tornado, but he was foolish enough to mount up on one of them twistin’ bulls. Pard, to my way of thinkin’ those bullriders are off some in their coconut. Those things are mean, ornery, and will do a world of hurt to a fella, almost like one of them twisters comin’ down from the sky.
Sure hope yuh had yurself a good week. Sit on down an’ let’s jaw on it some. The world is crazy so it’s good to have someone with common sense even if’n they forget to check their cinch once in a while. Nice to enjoy coffee with a friend. Good coffee too, if’n I do say so myself.