Assassins by David Halliday #4

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Assassins by David Halliday
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Chapter Twenty Three: Drunk Soldiers

Back on the barge going down the river. The two soldiers are passed out on the barge. Two empty bottles of whiskey are laying beside them. Rousseau and Kelly are sitting on some boxes enjoying a smoke.
Rousseau, gesturing to the drunk soldiers: “You think they drank themselves clear through the war?”
Kelly staring out into the bush off the shore.
Rousseau: “You see something?”
Kelly: “Thought I did.”
Rousseau: “You think we should…”
Kelly points to a place along the shore: “There.”
Two Indians have come to the shore carrying a canoe. They settle the canoe into the water. Noticing the barge approaching them they wave. One of the two soldiers wakes up. He spots the Indians. Taking his rifle from its place not far away, he points it at the Indians and shoots. And misses. The soldier curses.
Rousseau: “What the hell are you doing?”

First soldier: “Sorry. I’ll get the next one for sure.”