IN A DUSTY TOWN OUT WEST, A DOG WALKS INTO A SALOON ON HIS HIND LEGS, SPURS JINGLIN', GUN ON HIS HIP, COWBOY HAT PULLED LOW, HIS LEFT PAW DEFORMED SOMETHIN' TERRIBLE BY A BLAST FROM A SHOTGUN OF AN ANGRY COWPOKE HOLDIN' A GRUDGE SIX MONTHS EARLIER. AS THE SWINGING DOORS CLOSE BEHIND HIM, THE PLACE GOES QUIET. THE PIANO PLAYER COVERS HIS KEYS AND LEAVES IN A HURRY. A COUPLE OF CUSTOMERS COWER UNDER THEIR TABLES, FEARIN' WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. RON JENSEN.10 ON FB; EVERYONE STARES AT THE DOG STANDIN' THERE, MENACINGLY SCANNIN' THE ROOM SLOWLY, RIGHT TO LEFT. FINALLY, THE DOG LIFTS THE BRIM OF HIS HAT REVEALIN' AN ANGRY SCOWL ON HIS SNOUT, AND IN A GRAVELLY VOICE, HE SAYS...
"I'M LOOKIN' FER THE MAN THAT SHOT MAH PAW."