Whiskey Pete Alternate Ending

Tom Wesley peered out into the street from the front window of the sheriff’s office. The streets of Amarillo, Texas were emptying, which was a bad sign. Tom walked to his desk in the back of the building and pulled out two holstered pistols. He clipped the holsters to his thick belt and strolled back to the window, waiting to see what was going to happen. Sure enough, two scraggly men rode up on nervous-looking horses not long after. One of the men, who Tom recognised to be Whiskey Pete, dismounted and clambered over to a woman who didn’t get off the street fast enough. Whiskey Pete was one of the most infamous outlaws of the time, and got his name from his reputation of drunken violence.

Pete took a swig of booze from a buffalo skin canteen, grabbed the poor woman by the arm, and began pulling her towards their horses. Then the other man, Alamo Jack, hopped off of his horse and started toward the town bank. Alamo Jack was another infamous outlaw, even more so than his companion, and was known for violent bank robberies across the country. Tom was just about to step outside to stop the outlaws when he noticed the lever-action rifle slung over Jack’s shoulder. About the time that Tom noticed it, Jack took the gun off of his shoulder and fired a couple of rounds just above the bank and into the Texas sky. A few of the unlucky souls inside the bank let out screams, and some of them decided to run for it. …show more content…
Tom couldn’t stand it anymore. He pushed open the sheriff’s office doors and stepped out onto the porch. Alamo Jack hadn’t noticed, but Whiskey Pete