A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 35 Accompanying Hosea to steal things ([-])

Two weeks later.

In the Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Malloy sat at his desk, looking at the stack of wanted posters in his hand. He smoked a cigarette and looked through them one by one. Although he had seen them many times, he still took them again. Come out and watch it over and over again.

These were not new wanted notices, he had received them almost two weeks ago.

"Sheriff, we're here to pick up the O'Drisco gang."

"Okay, I'll be right here."

Malloy put the wanted posters back into the drawer on the left side of his desk, and then carefully locked the drawer with a lock. When he was done, he did not forget to pull it twice with his hand. After confirming that it was correct, he went to work.

Let's secretly look into the locked drawer and see a wanted poster at the top, with the face of a middle-aged man drawn on it, and the name can be seen underneath. A few bold letters read "Arthur Morgan" '.

……

Today, Arthur woke up in his bed in the Horseshoe Lookout camp.

He has been frequently traveling back and forth between the camp and Valentine Town recently. While dealing with the decoration and opening of his new gambling industry, he also continues to help everyone in the camp with some random things.

Like, help Bill get a can of hair oil?He didn't want to go by himself, Arthur thought, maybe because he was bald.

"Arthur, are you going to town today?"

"What's wrong, Dutch, do you need my help with anything? I have to go to Emerald Ranch first, and I won't go to town until later."

Dutch obviously looked like he was looking for something, but he didn't say it directly. Instead, he pretended to sigh:
"It's really nice here, isn't it? Nothing happened in the past two weeks, no pursuers, no Odrisk, we finally lived a comfortable and peaceful life."

Arthur nodded in agreement. These two weeks were indeed the most comfortable since Blackwater Town, and whether it was his casino plan, the gang, or even Dutch, surprisingly he didn't cause any trouble, everything went smoothly.

However, Arthur still couldn't hear Dutch's oblique words. This was not like Dutch, so he asked directly:
"Is there news from Sean? Or is there another problem with Strauss?"

"Well, there is no news from Sean yet, but I guess it will be soon. I want you to do me a favor. It's not a big deal. Yes, I hope you can help Straw. Si’s busy.”

Sure enough, Arthur guessed at once that it must be one of these two things, and it could only be this one if it wasn't that one.

Although Arthur had talked with Strauss before, the casino has not been officially launched. During these days, Strauss probably still made a lot of loans. In addition, he has been quite busy recently and has almost no money. After meeting him, I guess there are a lot of debts that I need to help him to recover.

But looking at Dutch's behavior, Arthur estimated that Strauss had abided by the agreement with him and did not reveal to Dutch that he opened a casino.

Well, regarding the matter of debt collection, Arthur planned to try to politely refuse it first. He said:
"Actually, you know, I have been busy with other things recently..."

Dutch said quickly:

"I know, and I know Strauss's business isn't very... attractive, but it's good for us."

"Please, kid, for my sake."

Ah, for Dutch's sake, he still calls me "child", it's so annoying.

Arthur sighed. He couldn't help but wonder if Strauss secretly made a lot of money for Daqi behind his back.Then why Dach almost begged himself to help Strauss, this really puzzled Arthur.

Well, guess again, for money?
Is it because of lack of money?Arthur also didn't understand it very much. He had clearly given all the money obtained from the O'Drisco gang's stronghold to Dutch. Except for a small part of it, which had to be distributed to the people who participated, the majority was distributed to the gang, so Are gangs really so short of money?No, is Dutch really so short of money?
Arthur couldn't understand, but he finally nodded and agreed:

"Okay, I will ask Strauss if there is anything he needs my help with, but it will have to be after I come back from Emerald Ranch. After all, Hosea and I have made an appointment."

Whatever the reason, Dutch was happy to see Arthur say yes.

……

Arthur said goodbye to Dutch, and after leaving the camp, he came to Emerald Farm, which is not far from Valentine Town.

I have to sigh with emotion, after all, Valentine has a developed livestock auction industry. There are either farms or farmhouses next to a small town.

Just outside the stables, Hosea can be seen sitting and chatting with a man.

"That's a very humorous way of saying it, Seamus."

"Of course, I'm good at humor, but I'm just not good at trusting others."

"Don't say that, Seamus. I know how to work with good people, and trust me, I'll be a great partner."

Arthur tied the horse aside, and before he could step forward, he heard Hosea trying to make friends with the middle-aged bald man in front of him named Seamus. However, it was obvious that although Hosea was working very hard, But Seamus still looked defensive, and he continued to refuse to Hosea:

"Well, everyone will say that about themselves, but I have never heard a fool say that he is stupid." Seeing Arthur coming, Hosea rolled his eyes and said:
"Arthur, this is Seamus, our new partner."

Hearing what Hosea said, Seamus quickly denied it:
"Don't, I'm not."

"Ham, I repeat, is expected to become our new partner, if he likes us."

Although Hosea modified his wording, Seamus still refused and corrected him again:

"It doesn't matter whether you like it or not. Like I said, the important thing is trust. What I want is trust."

After finishing speaking, Seamus suddenly stood up and looked around, and then said in a low voice: "I hope you can talk about these things in a lower voice. I don't want my boss to hear it. After all, this is just my side job."

It was pretentious, making it look like he wasn't the one yelling there just now.

Arthur saw Hosea still coaxing Seamus from the side. Although he felt very funny in his heart, he couldn't say anything to undermine it. He saw Hosea continue to tease:
"We are all very honest. Trust us, let me tell you this. We will prove it to you and prove it with actions, right, Arthur?"

Although Arthur still doesn't know what Seamus is doing in front of him, but looking at Hosea's attentive look, he probably has a good deal.

probably?Arthur looked at Seamus's appearance, and was not sure.

Even though I was complaining crazily in my heart, I felt like this Seamus was a clown.

We are talking a lot about trust here, but in the end, what matters most to him is interests... In the end, for the sake of Hosea, Arthur still said:

"Hosea is right, give us a chance to prove ourselves, so how should we prove it to you?"

The translation is probably, what benefits do you want before agreeing to say it directly.

Hosea was very satisfied with Arthur's performance, and he continued to launch a verbal attack on Seamus:

"I swear, you can trust him, and you can trust me. I know you don't trust fools, and you can rest assured that we are not."

It seemed that he was finally persuaded by Hosea. Anyway, he behaved like this. Seamus finally stated his conditions:
"Bob Crawford Sr. and his kids just bought a stolen stagecoach from up north and parked it in their warehouse. You go help me steal it back, and I'll be with you." cooperate."

Arthur on the side frowned and asked, "Who is old Bob Crawford?"

"An acquaintance of mine."

Hosea continued to ask: "So you want us to kill your competitor?"

"No, no, my relationship with him is not ordinary. He is my cousin."

Arthur and Hosea looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces. They just looked at Seamus, waiting for him to continue.

"He and I are related by marriage. I mainly want to see your hands-on ability. Don't worry about so much. In short, he lives in a farmhouse in the northwest. That place is called Carmody Valley, on the way to Fort Wallace. Next to the railroad.”

I finally figured out what the deal was, and it took a lot of effort. To be honest, Arthur is really not very interested in this job now. Really, a job of stealing things?A carriage?Come on, Arthur used to grab the money-filled stagecoach back then, okay? He only takes the money. When did he manage the carriage?

Arthur is not short of money?It's not like he can't live anymore, and he still wants to steal someone else's carriage. Among other things, Arthur now has two big sums of money, one from Sheriff Malloy and one from innkeeper Blake.

Arthur really wasn't interested in this.

Just listen to Seamus continue to add 'kindly':

"There is still money in the house, but this is your business and has nothing to do with me. Remember, never kill anyone. Everyone knows that I have a bad relationship with him...Others will guess that I instigated it .”

Hosea obviously still had some doubts about the relationship between the two, so he asked again:
“So, you have no problem with us robbing your in-laws??”

"Just in-laws, yes, I have no problem with it, and I'm very happy with it."

After confirming again, Hosea shook hands with Seamus. Since he had no objection, it was settled. He pulled Arthur to the side until he confirmed that Seamus was out of sight. Hosea smiled, very happily. It seems that it is a very funny thing to find someone to rob one's relatives.

To be honest, even if Xie Mosi said there was still cash in the house, Arthur still didn't want to do this. Who knows how many people he would have to kill if something unexpected happened?In case of being discovered, you have to fight back if you are pointed at with a gun, right?
Trouble, so troublesome.

But when Arthur saw Hosea, a handsome old man, looking like he was happily going out to play, he originally planned to persuade him to give up, but he finally took it back.

Oh, forget it, just think of it as having fun with the old man, otherwise it would be boring for him to stay in the camp every day. Huh, who told him that he still likes to do bad things at his age and he happens to be so understanding? It's what people want.

Really, Arthur thought carefully about it. At this age, Hosea seems to have only a small hobby of deception and abduction at this age. As for hunting, that doesn't count. He is not good at it.

　There is one more chapter, which will be posted tomorrow morning. I just got home today, so I won’t do it until it’s too late. Don’t wait, buddy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)