Michael Malone - Weebly

this was definitely the worst in a long time. Their privacy
would be intruded upon by a scavenging pack of
journalistic hyenas sent, wrote A.A. Hayes, to feed on
their personal troubles, then haul the carcasses out into
the Colosseum of the world for vultures to pick at.
Even by Saturday noon, Dingleyans were uncertain
about the specifics of the calamities that had befallen
them. Rumor had outraced fire and had burned up most
of the town and killed half the citizens before the rain
stopped. As for the gunfight murders, first it was
thought that one or both of the Haigs had been burned
to death in their house. Then the shooting news started.
A burglar had shot both the Haigs, had shot just Hawk
Haig, Hawk Haig had shot a burglar; Judith Haig had
shot a burglar and/or had shot Hawk Haig.
Limus Barnum had shot Hawk Haig. Hawk Haig
had shot Limus Barnum. Limus Barnum had been Judith
Haig's lover. Limus Barnum had come to fight the fire
and had been accidentally shot by either Mr. or Mrs.
Haig. Somebody else had shot all three. All three had
been burned to death in the fire. Somebody else had
shot Barnum and Haig and had wounded Mrs. Haig.