C H A P T E R Three Stoney had a toothache as he sat in a rocker on the front porch of the only hotel in Mariposa, California. "Yer face is swoll up like a tick," Gus exclaimed. "Yeu thank Ah don't know that? Owwwwwww." "Listen, yeu gotta get that tooth outta thar. Let me in thar, an tie this string on it." Gus reached down, touched Stoney's chin, tried to get him to open his mouth and Stoney shoved him away. "Get the hell away from me " Gus, frustrated, turned around to Jack, handed him the string and demanded, "YEU make him open up " With a furrowed brow, Jack looked at Gus. "Why me?" But...