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05. Coming Attractions - Congratulations Billy

There was the usual exchange of foul words and light shoving around,

but then "Windy" rushed Billy and threw him down to the ground.

He sat on Billy's chest pinning his arms down to the floor.

He punched and smacked Billy's face. Each blow was more vicious than the one before.

Billy called upon all of his strength that he could possibly muster

and tried to work his 41 caliber out of his holster.

"That's enough Windy! You're killing the kid!" some concerned bar room patrons did roar.

A gunshot was heard. There wasn't a single spoken word

as Frank "Windy" Cahill rolled lifelessly to the floor.

Billy struggled to his feet. His bloodied face was so swollen he could barely see.

His smoking gun was still clenched in his shaking hand.

Congratulations Billy. Now look what you've done.

You've gone and killed your very first man.

Tales of this incident have been told far and wide from one extreme to the other,

such as the merciless killer kid who gunned down the helpless blacksmith

and then left the bar whistling without a care or bother,

but eye witnesses attest that the first version describes it best

and that the following quote seems most accurate and right.

"I never saw no killer. I saw a scared beat up boy run out of the cantina that night."

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