Cricketer v. Crier

The Cricketer, once a fabled player in his homeland, is unappreciated in the city. He has been for two years, ever since agreeing to join as ringer for a team of cricketers, called the Salt Potatoes. Offered much more money than he'd ever make back in his homeland, he signed an extended contract. Their last game was attended by twenty seven people, mostly relatives of the players. For him it's been - to say the least - a lesson in humility.

Though wealthier, he's much more kind than he was back home.

So when the new man arrives - the crooked old man first seen the day before, the Gravedigger - when the new man arrives to carry off the dead, the Cricketer smiles and nods politely. The Undertaker screws his eyes in a wry expression and snorts. He searches the Cowboy's corpse, then drags him off. Pepple reads in the shade cast by the cabin.

The Crier arrives wearing the uniform he was given at the historical reenactment attraction, complete with bronze bell.

They raise their guns, their guns go off.