Chapter 13 "Lawrence Phillips Died"
Despite the early arrival of a warm spring breeze Sheriff Osborne could not relax. The state of Brownbackistan had been in constant turmoil since its creation over 9 months ago. He had lost one of his best blackshirts, Lawrence Phillips, when Dugout Dickstones men rescued Steve Dave from cow farmer Jenkins place. For the past two weeks he was right on SD’s trail but as soon as he arrived in McCook the trail had gone cold.
Now his shaking octogenarian hands held a telegram from Premier Brownback.
His frail fingers creased the manila envelope.
Sheriff Osbourne-
Let us forget our past failures. New intelligence from FSD points to rebel activity underground near Colby KS. My Brownshirts are monitoring radio traffic and believe a large concentration of known terrorists including the Ace of Spades(Dugout Dickstone), The Jack of Clubs(Wacky Cat), Queen of Hearts(Queen Winters) and your nemesis the King of Clubs(Steve Dave) are heading for the border.
Take your remaining men and stop them at all costs. I have removed 50 million from the University of Kansas Endowment fund to cover any costs you may incur.
Do Not Fail me!
In God We Trust,
Sam Brownback
Premier of Brownbackistan
"GREEN, MACKOVICA" Osborne shouted. "Round up the rest of the blackshirts, we're headed south"