The Skin-Man (Part 2), pages 53-69 Summary

The townspeople gather and stare as Roland and Jamie traverse the streets of Debaria, asking if they have come to kill the skin-man and commenting on their obvious youth. When Jamie comments on the number of people, Roland explains that the skin-man does its marauding after dark. At the Sheriff's office, Hugh Peavy is relieved to see the gunslingers, but he was hoping to see Steven Deschain. Asking for a sigul from Steven, Sheriff Peavy explains that he assisted Steven in dispatching the seven members of the Crow Gang some years ago, and when Pa Crow shot Steven, Peavy dug the bullet from his arm, and Steven promised to return it someday. Steven allowed Peavy to take credit for the Crow Gang, and he has been sheriff ever since, but he plans to quit after...