Plot Outline

Characters: (Left-Handed) Joseph Abbot
Ben Tompson
Mary Jo Maxwell
Cole Willamson

Setting: Old West-Post Civil War

Problem: Joseph Abbot kills another man on impulse and becomes a nortious outlaw.  Forced to flee his home town of kansas city, he moves south to mexico, leaving behind his feance Mary.  Sick to be apart from Mary, he heads back to Kansas City where he is shot and killed by the sheriff, Cole Willamson, and dies in Mary's arms.

Ending: see above

Theme:  Love and how it can change a person. 

Setting Map

It would be an understatement to say it was dry.  There hasn't been rain for weeks now and the crops and cattle were beginning to die.  Everything now is filled with dust.  Dust in the stage coaches, dust in the buildings, dust in my eyes, dust in every god damn nook and cranny of my clothing and person.  Constantly I find myself having to clean my 44, keeping it nice and in working condition in case the law comes to find me.  In the evenings, I find my way to the local cantina, where I drink to my heart's content.  It's a nice place, much better than any other saloon back in Kansas, or any of the states for that matter of fact.  It's been a while since I shaved, but then again, nobody shaves.  When water is as scarce as it is, even a small amount is like finding a gold mine.  It didn't used  to be this way, back in Kansas, I had a life.  Now, if I go back, I'm a dead man.  God how I miss Rose.   We would be married now, if it weren't for my temper.  Now, I'm worthless.   Nobody wants to be even associated with a man of my kind.  Some day though, I will go back.  This pain I feel, for Rose, will bring me back.