Busted Gulch vol. 15

A Suspicious Feelin' - lyttlejoe

A Suspicious Feelin'

3Gun was annoyed 

The rooms were all empty, 

 or the guests were just out 

Then he spotted someone down the hall 

and stopped them with a shout

'I know you,' 3Gun said. 

'You clean my room, and make my bed.' 

'Yes, sheriff, I do. My name is Ann. 

I'll answer your questions if I can.'

He learned her full name was Ann Patter 

And she was nervous to boot 

When he asked what she knew of Mary Sue 

She averted her eyes

Then he heard her teeth chatter

 'If you know something, Ann, best tell me now. 

 Hate to see a nice girl like you, in my hoosegow.' 

Frightened to death, Ann did as bid.'

It was two nights ago, I was doing my rounds, 

down the hall, I heard what sounded like a kid.'

There were only three kids that 3Gun knew 

Josie, Jhonny, and Ron 

'Was it a boy or a girl? Where did they go?' 

Ann began to snivel and tremble 

'Honestly, Sheriff, I don't really know.'

Billy arrived and called 3Gun aside 

Said he'd talked to the women 

Buck brought from Tent City 

Told him the interview with Rue 

Hadn't been pretty

'Do you really think our killer is Jake?' 

''Til the facts are all in, no one's ruled out. 

Just learned from a maid, about some kids she heard 

sneakin' around in the hall. There's only three it could be, 

get Brody to talk to 'em all. 

'There's a couple named Stone that give me an itch, 

dig around and find what you can, 

I'm gonna get this Sallie McClain in for a talk.' 

'Brody's watchin' the jail, and Buck I don't know.' 3

Gun scratched his chin, Jujube or Jasper might know.