For awhile, the square was abuzz with what happened outside the saloon. Seems like one of Miss Gem's girls thought that newly arrived New Orleans woman - the 'entertainer' - to be competing with business. There was even physical violence involved! The New Orleans woman - Angel something? - was pushed into the water trough outside the saloon, and then was escorted back to the boarding house by the barber - her clothes all soaked through.
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