Eric Peabody
speaker
17,795 appearances
23 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6d ago
Eric Peabody’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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At the time of this story, Carmedy was doing pretty well for itself.
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It had about a hundred permanent residents, give or take, and plenty of trade from folks passing through.
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It had its own church and its own jail, the two of which tended to have about equal occupancy come Sunday mornings.
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It was a little uncouth and a little lawless, but nothing out of the ordinary for the time and place.
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Then Henry Clark and his family moved into town and set up Clark's feed store.
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And things got a little more lawless and a little less cooth.
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See, before the Clarks started their business, everyone bought the feed for their animals from the general store.
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Jake considered it his domain, and he didn't much appreciate newcomers horning in on his territory.
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He particularly didn't appreciate that their prices were better than his.
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Henry's wife, Anne, had some sort of family connection allowing her discounts that Jake couldn't match.
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He tried at first to undercut the Clarks, figuring he could starve them out in pretty short order, but he quickly realized that if he was taking a loss on every feed sale, it might not be the Clarks who lost this fight.
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Jake set down the apron of the general store owner and took up the mayor's chain of office.
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In his official role, he came by to pay the clerks a friendly visit, to welcome them to town, and to explain the taxes they'd have to pay in order to run this sort of business.
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He dressed it up in words about concern for the feed quality and the need to pay for regular inspections, but Henry Clark knew a squeeze when he saw one.
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He shook Jake's hand, thanked him for his time, and told him he'd pay taxes for his feed store when the saloon owner started paying for his establishment.
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Jake blustered and sputtered, but Henry simply crossed his arms and waited for him to run out of steam.
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If you had a leg to stand on, Mr.
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Mayor, then I'd pay up.
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But I'm getting the feeling that if I asked around, I'd find that this rule applies only to me.
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So while I appreciate your attention, I think I'm gonna have to ask you to leave my store now.
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