Friday, 19 June 2009

• Bluff With a Pair of Twos

  This is chaper  10 in the Great Xanga Round Story  If you are new to the storyline click here http://legendairy.xanga.com/697882899/table-of-contents/to see the table of conents and catch up on what's been happening.

   

  Bluffing with a Pair of Twos.

   

  Gregory could feel beads of sweat forming on his forehead.  “I’m so dead or will be in a few seconds.” he thought. “I said get down now!  Are you deaf or just plain slow?” the large man growled.  “Let me make it clear for you, hick.”  Gregory heard a round snap into the gun’s chamber.  “I’ve got one chance,” Gregory thought as he licked his lops.  “If he thinks I’m a hick mechanic, I might be able to bluff my way out of this.”  “Who up thar pard, Ah’ll be gitting maw self down thar inna sec.” Gregory called down as he wiped grease and dust on the broom handle, his hands and the front of his clothes.  “Look out, Ah’m comin down.”  Gregory dropped the broom handle down first and then eased himself down feet first into the elevator.  Stand in front of him were two men.  The man on the left was middle aged, short, bespectacled with thinning salt and pepper hair.  The man on the right was tall, well muscled, and young and pointing what looked like a cannon at Gregory’s chest.  Gregory smiled and said genteely “Iffin yew’d point that thar piece somewhere else, pard, Ah’d be much obliged.”  The large man’s eyes narrowed. “What were you doing up there and what did you hear?  And it had better be a good answer or you’ll be seeing Biggs in Security.”  Gregory scratched the back of his head and said, “Well, boys, it was like this.  Ah had jest got offa maw shift and was headin fer home when this here elevator up and begana screachin like a cat in heat.  It up an come to a dead stop betwit floors.  So, I crawled up on top to have a lookie the cable since Ah figured it was a problem with the pulleys and sure nuff, the cable had up an got jammed in a pulley.  “What’s with the broom stick?” The large man gestured with his head at the broomstick on the elevator’s floor.  Gregory gave a short snort. “Look, pard, Ah may be from the sticks, but Ah ain’t stupid enough ta use maw hand to unstick a jammed pulley.  One na the janitors broke a broom head an Ah was takin the handle wif me ta see iffin Ah could find me a new un at the hardware store. Lucky Ah had it too.  That thar stick made a right fine pry bar.  Ah stuck it in betwit the cable and gave er a good pull and she came free slicker than snot on slate.  You fellers musta got on after she got to movin again.”  The older man nodded his head.  “That’s true.  The car was empty when we got in, Dan.”  “So, why was he still up there after the elevator started moving?  The large man glared at Gregory.  “Answer me that, hill rat.”  Gregory shrugged his shoulders.  “Shoot, pard, Ah needed ta see iffin the cable was a gonna git stuck again.  So, I watched er fer a bit, It’s noiseier than a tin roof inna hailstorm in that shaft, so Ah didn’t hear y’all in the elevator till yew hollared at me to git on down an, well here we be.”  The large man gave a short laugh but kept his gun leveled at Gregory. “Yeah, here we are.  You might be telling the truth, hill rat.  But I don’t think so.  I think we're going to go down to Security and you can repeat your story to Biggs.  Biggs has a real talent for getting to the bottom of things.  Now keep your hands where I can see them.”           

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