THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXII

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I left the Seven Dwarfs at the restaurant, wondering if a group having so much fun forming up to play private investigators, could possibly be at all effective. Gularte drove, while I prepared myself for the coming meeting. I had little doubt that Haldeman was going...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XX

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I waited patiently for Gularte, sitting in the afternoon sun, rubbing my useless government pen with the fingers of my left hand. The pen wasn’t totally useless I knew, as its presence where it was found was very likely a valuable clue. Was the person who lost it not...
THE COWARDLY LION,Volume Two, Chapter XIX

THE COWARDLY LION,Volume Two, Chapter XIX

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The beach was abandoned, at the point where it preceded south from the state beach but not yet a part of the Trestles Beach portion. There the point stuck out into the ocean to create the conflicting broken sea environment that led to sometimes legendary surf, which...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, CHAPTER XIV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, CHAPTER XIV

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  I drove the Marauder to the pier in silence, neither Gularte nor I saying a word, even as the vehicle, much heavier than the Bronco built for the off-road job of patrolling the beach and incidental structures, made a smooth surface out of the rough wooden slat...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XIII

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Tom Turner was the next reserve officer to be ‘trained’ by me. We rode together peaceably until right after dark when Bobby Scruggs called to tell us about a report of a strange couple doing strange things on the northern edge of “T” Street Bridge beach. The call...