In an Evil Time

By Gadfly on Mar 18, 2018

Paladin is riding through the wilderness and comes to elderly Pappy French. Pappy's horse throws him and breaks his leg, and when Paladin catches up to him Pappy tells him to just bring him a straight stick to make a splint. Once Paladin does so, Pappy refuses to go to a doctor and talks Paladin through it. Afterward, he says that he's taking Paladin's horse and looks at Paladin's gun. Paladin jokingly holds it up and then presents his card. Pappy offers to hire him to take him where he's going,…