After a brief, bloodless gunfight, Prickly Bob and his Saddlesore Gang have managed to capture Dan Hollings, Deputy of Tombstone. Prickly Bob, not wanting a murder warrant on his head, has decided to let the desert take care of his latest problem with the law.
Now, I won’t lie to you. Alone and buried up to his chin in red desert sand, things have never looked worse for ole Dan. But ever the optimist, Dan lets out a single, desperate, mighty whistle. After an hour of blinding mid-morning sun, up trots Skeeter, Dan’s faithful bay gelding.
“C’mere, boy. Get close, ain’t got the strength but to whisper,” he gasps.
The horse steps forward and looks down at Dan. Dan whispers out, as quietly as the breeze, and off like a shot gallops Skeeter.
10, 15, then 20 minutes pass and Dan’s beginning to worry. Much more time and that noonday sun’s fixin’ to plumb croak our hero in 30 seconds flat. Dan starts to say his prayers, when along comes Skeeter, carrying a buxom young brunette.
Keep in mind Dan’s not too quick to lose his temper, so he kind of gradual-like pastes a frown on his sunburnt face and beckons the horse even closer this time. Skeeter leans down until his brown snout is almost touching Dan’s forehead. Dan whispers out and Skeeter again gallops off toward town.
It’s a heck of a tight spot, but Dan’s feeling a little comfort from the shade of a spindly saguaro off on top of some nearby bluff. Thirty minutes pass, when up comes Skeeter, carrying a gorgeous redhead and a positively stunning blonde, the likes of which Dan’s never seen in his life.
Dan can’t mask his rage this time, but somehow coaxes Skeeter to come even closer. The horse half-kneels and puts his right ear up against the Deputy’s cracked lips. Angrily, Dan gathers his strength and whispers with all his breath: “No, Skeeter! P…O…S…S…E! Bring me a POSSE, you dang fool horse!”