Literate Matters: Western themes endure in works of Charles Portis yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judge Isaac Parker disliked varying his habits . His pleasure was to take a leisurely stroll by the river on his way to work . Once in his office, the Judge invariably took a small tumbler of whiskey, to limber his brain. Then he read a few lines of Milton from a small volume of poetry he kept in a drawer with his six shooter.