Mr. Gilbert Letter Monologue

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It was a hot, muggy, sunny morning on the Circle I Ranch ten miles south of Nacogdoches Texas. Mr. Fischer, the owner and supervisor of everyone on the Circle I had gone into town for supplies, stopped by the post office where he picked up a letter. The envelope was wrinkled like it had been hand delivered by someone; it also was ripped and had dirt all over the front. The letters on the front of the envelope were big and bold, as if the person who wrote it was mad. In the big and bold letters it said MR. FISCHER.
Inside the envelope, the letter written on what was visibly a piece of discarded scrap paper said, “ Mr. Fischer, I have a $10,000 bounty on you - dead or alive. You stole cattle from my ranch and I know you took them and sold them to Mr. Andersen and he took them to Fort Worth. By sundown Saturday, you will be dead. Your men will not be able to save you from this!” Mr. Fischer called to his men, and let them read the letter.
Mr. Fischer has seven men working for him; they also keep him protected if someone comes to the ranch; they make sure he is safe. The men are Trevor, Shorty, Stace, Colt , Keaton, Josh, and Brock. Keaton is a Mexican that Mr. Fischer found when he was only eight …show more content…

Fischer said, “ I got a letter in the mail that said I was not worth anything if I was dead. So why do you threaten to kill me? I am not going to give up this easy!” Mr. Fischer hollered at William to shoot him. William shot him and killed him and then they all ran into the house. When they got in the house they saw two men, and Keaton and Brock each killed one and then they heard one more guy in the back room. They got to the back room and the last guy said, “Please do not shoot, I got a message from Mr. Cooper to deliver to you!” The man said, “This message I am supposed to deliver is saying that you have killed all his men, and now he wants to meet in person. He is waiting in town behind the bar if you want to go and meet him, but I am supposed to ride

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