Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: orson@bluemoon.rn.com (Craig Smith)
Subject: Corky returns!
Message-ID: <6DsVNB3w164w@bluemoon.rn.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 22:50:04 EDT

The door opens and Corky Bumpkin enters. He quickly closes the door
and leans against it, obviously out of breath.

As he steps to the bar he is obviously shaking.

"Littlefair! My good man. Something to calm my nerves, quickly!"

Rowan Littlefair, recognizes the merchant, but the heavy dust on
Corky's clothes shows that he has been riding hard on dusty roads
for most of the day. He quickly pours a snifter of Fenerian Brandy,
knowing the diminutive Hobbit's favorite drink and places it before
him.

Corky places a small ruby on the bar, lifts the snifter to his lips,
and uncharacteristically drains the snifter. "Another" he croaks, and
Littlefair obliges. Corky takes the snifter to the hearth and sits
close to the fire, shivering.

Craig E. Smith              "Life is a fulltime occupation."--Gene Kalman
orson@bluemoon                    "It's just one .sig after another."--me