Flying Lead: Smoke & Brass – Episode 9: Judgement

With the Goodwill Town Council opening the brand-spanking new Community Hall with a harvest festival kicking off the celebrations, Beulah-May and the other town stalwarts welcomed in an investor from the big city, Mr Henry Wallington – a cattle baron by trade.

Juno Valley has no patience for lawbreakers, and justice is just a quickdraw away. They say better the devil you know, but what if the villain comes to Goodwill bearing good will? And Bearer’s bonds? What if Mr Wallington’s charity has a price too high for the folks of this simple valley to be able to pay? The sticks of dynamite rigged to blow in the Screamin’ Horn Saloon may be a rather final answer to that question.

A man with fingers in many pies and hands in many pocketbooks, Mr Wallington’s operation was scoped out by the locals of Juno Valley by the lawkeepers as well as those with less salubrious connections. The gang he’d hired to cause trouble was taken by a posse of Pinkertons and deputies, and a mining camp used to launder gold was ransacked for evidence of his crimes. Finally a crack team of gamblers and entertainers gained entry to a high-stakes poker match where they were able to get access to Wallington’s closest confidant – Miss Jasmine de Witt – and find out what he was really planning…

As the months draw on and the new year turns around, Juno Valley waits with baited breath… But at least the newly elected Mayor Beulah-May has got the bar is serving drinks again!