his own gun, but he wasnât wearing his cross-draw rig. He wasnât wearing anything at all. He was naked and had a monstrous erection, and the painted women were laughing at it. A big blonde with a mouthful of gold teeth and a Mexican gunbelt riding low on her naked hips grabbed at him as if she intended to milk him like a cow. He stepped back and discovered that another naked woman had knelt behind him on her hands and knees. He fell backward to the thick red carpet and the big blonde jumped over the girl whoâd tripped him, placed her French heels to either side of his chest, and squatted. Her aim was perfect and he felt his shaft going deeply into her as she shouted, âPowder River and let âer buck!!â
It felt too good to be real. He decided he was having a wet dream. He wondered if heâd get to come this time, before he awoke all the way. The trouble with wet dreams was that he always seemed to wake up just as they were getting interesting. He started pumping back, but he couldnât quite make it and he knew heâd open his eyes in the little furnished room by Cherry Creek and discover that he had to take a leak. It was purely frustrating to wake up with a hard-on and nobody there to share it with.
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He opened his eyes. For a long moment he wondered where he was. Then he remembered that he was on a steamboat. The stateroom lamp was lit. Sylvia Baxter was beside him, sitting up in bed and doing something funny to his eyelids. She was stark naked. Built better than heâd expected, too. Those starched lace dickies that women wore down the front of their dresses sort of flattened things out. Her pink nipples were turned up like her nose.
He said, âWhat happened? The last time we met, you had all your duds on. Then I must have passed out. I had the damnedest dream.â
âIt was a dream for
me
, too!â she said. âI didnât know you were unconscious until a moment ago.â
âYou mean weâ?â
She smiled languidly. âYes, darling, and I must say, youâre better by reflex action than my silly husband ever was wide awake. I think youâve got a concussion. Has anyone hit you on the head recently?â
He grinned wanly, and said, âNow that you mention it, doc, I did have a tussle with a big Irish wharf rat last night. He hit me with the wall of a whorehouse.â
She nodded and said, âThat explains a lot. I didnât think you could be as crazy as youâve been acting. Have you had sudden mood changes? Any nausea?â
âI threw up a while back. What do you reckon I should take for this concussion, doc?â
âThereâs nothing you can take. What you really need is a few nights of bed rest. If Iâd known you were ill, Iâd have . . . well, whatâs done is done.â
He grinned and said, âThe hell you say! If I really did what I dreamed I did, Iâve got some catching up to do in the real world.â
As he put an arm around her, Sylvia drew back and insisted, âNot in your condition. Maybe later.â
He said, âMy condition right now is hard as a poker and, what the hell, it ainât like weâre strangers!â
She was still insisting that he was too weak as he rolled her to the mattress and started to mount her. Then, as he got his hips between her smooth ivory thighs, she went limp and breathed, âDo be careful, dear heart. I donât know what Iâd do if you killed yourself with this foolishness!â
He got a hand between them and guided his shaft into her moist warmth, saying, âYeah, itâd be a tough thrill to follow, wouldnât it? A gal whoâd once come with a dead man in her would never be able to top it for an interesting experience!â
As he slid all the way into her, she gasped in mingled pleasure and annoyance. âI think I liked you better unconscious! Must you be so vulgar about
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