Lonely Dove
He would no
likely have to shoot Xavier, but it might be necessary to whack him on the head, and Augustus hated to hit such a smal
head with such a large pistol
To Xavier’s mind, Lippy’s hat was the final exacerbation. No man of dignity would allow such a hat in his establishment
much less on the head of an employee, so from time to time he seized it and flung it out the door. Perhaps a goat woul
eat it; they were said to eat worse. But the goats ignored the hat, and Lippy always went out and retrieved it when h