Chapter 943 In The Shadow Of The Noose:>Ep8

• "Look around. These people aren't fighters. Most of them don't know one end of a gun from the other. They're shopkeepers and farmers. The sort that keeps their heads down and makes money from passing trade and selling crops. Only these days, there is no passing trade. The stagecoach only comes once a month, otherwise avoiding our little corner of the world. Word has got around about the Dukes and no one wants to be part of the trouble or being asked to pay.
• This used to be a prosperous little town. Then the new railroad came. It carries most people right past this town. When they laid the track, they missed us by around half a day's ride. And the Dukes put paid to anyone else who might drop by. Good people don't want gun-waving B'hoys spoiling their business."
• "You're the Sheriff. What you doing about it?" Annie asked.