November 5th, 2007

I’ve been writing about Bat Masterson again today. I am working on chapter five of the new book. I like Bat a lot. He was tough, but fair and always looked out for his brothers and sisters. He was particularly close to his brother Ed and after Ed was shot he blamed himself for not taking better care of him. He was never the same after he buried his brother at the Fort Dodge cemetery. The four men involved in his brother’s shooting were arrested for the crime, but were later released because there was no positive proof of there complicity. The bad guys went free, but Bat dedicated the rest of his life to making sure justice was served. Bat eventually became a writer and called out the bad guys by name in print. He could have shot them, but dying was too good for those boys. I know just how you feel, Bat. I know just how you feel.