Dusty

Sissy and Godmother arrived at Dusty later that night. Exhausted Sissy fell to her knees. The stars in the sky dotted all over, and the moon cast down on his exhausted melancholy. Godmother grabbed the box of medicine, and entered the first disheveled shack. She found two men sick lying on the ground on dingy blankets. Godmother opened the box, and there were numerous syringes. She gave a shot to each man. All night she moved from one building to the next until dawn. The sun began to emerge, and she returned to the cart. She fell asleep on the cart. Sissy stirred watching her reach the cart. Slowly he began to move the cart. When one of the miners emerged and grabbed the reigns. "Whoa," he shouted.

Then he lifted her off the cart and took her into one of the shacks. Eventually another man returned, and led him to a small barn leaving the cart outside. Sissy was placed in a small stable. Locked and bolted he was trapped in the stall. In another stall was a large muscle bound mule. He was covered in dirt and dust. The eyes burned as he looked at the new arrival.