Love of a Bad Woman

By Gadfly on Oct 28, 2018

Paladin is playing chess against a professor in the lobby of the Carlton and handily defeats him. As Paladin goes up to his room, Hey Boy draws his attention to a man seated in the lobby, Haskell Sommers, who wants to employ Paladin's service. Paladin goes over and Haskell has him read a classified ad about a young attractive widow of means who owns the Diamond S Ranch and wants to meet prospective young suitors. The gunfighter points out that she's likely to get a lot of inquiries given…