A Bad Bargain

Angus MacDill was a big man, a shaggy bear of a man, with shoulders and arms packed with muscles that a lifetime of toil had given him. He had a large head and a thick mane oi black hair, and at most times his expression was that of a man who thought only of his work and the profits it would bring him.

But, his expression was different now. It was dried out and deeply bitten by seams of bitterness, and there was a dull look of shock in his eyes as he listened to the sheriff's story. His son was murdered!