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TJ knew the coal was there; a large deposit. But he had seen something else that intrigued him about the area south of Gillette in Wyoming Territory. He would only find it after he had bought the huge tract from the railroad. When he returned to the town to do his exploration and evaluation of the site's potential, he discovered much more than just coal. What had started as a straightforward hunt for the minerals that powered steam engines evolved into a series of life-changing twists that would almost kill him.
Toby took the conductor's hand as he stepped from the train in the dark night unsure of why his mother had sent him away. The conductor had his travel bag in his hand and Toby looked at the shadowy unlit buildings as he was led down the street. After five minutes, the conductor guided him to a bench on the boardwalk of the sleeping town, then left his bag on the bench with him. "Now, son, I gotta leave you here. You stay there until the sheriff comes and he'll find your aunt for you, okay?" Toby nodded, said "Thank you, sir," then the conductor patted him on the head, turned and left. Toby was more confused than afraid as he sat in front of the jail. No matter what else happened, he knew that he would have someone go back to the farm and bring his mother back to him. Three hours later, the sheriff led him into the diner where he introduced him to his uncle, Hitch Nelson.
After five long years in the army, First Lieutenant John Flynn was finally being mustered out and would soon be going home to the family he hadn't even heard from since he enlisted. But when he rode to the family home, he made two shocking discoveries: his family was gone, and he had been declared dead by the army four years earlier. When he finally left to cross the plains of Nebraska to find his family, he would discover things that he wished he'd never known about and one person he knew he could never forget.
This was supposed to be a journey to find his dream of starting his own spread. As he left the Bar L just northwest of Cheyenne and rode south into Colorado, Conn already knew where he wanted to build his ranch and had enough money to buy the land and get it started. It was just a hundred mile ride through open country. What could possibly go wrong?
They believed that the witch's medicine was bad, so she must be killed. But she ran before they could act. She ran across the Dakota prairie until she could run no more. She turned and faced the oncoming warriors. She had no hope, yet she would defy them until the end. Then came the thunder.
As he wrote Horace Kirby's will, James Goff understood how unusual and difficult it would be to ensure that his client's wishes were met. The wealthy life-long bachelor's only sister had died eight years earlier. Before her husband had died, he'd left her with a daughter who was now almost seventeen years old. The girl couldn't inherit until she reached eighteen and the precautions that Horace had included would prevent anyone from taking advantage of her until she came of age. He expected to make the two-hundred-mile trip to Lyon soon and after he read Horace's will to her, he knew that it would be a difficult year for his client's niece. The biggest threat would be from her stepfather, who also happened to be the county sheriff.
Joey couldn't imagine a better thirteenth birthday. He'd been given his first pistol and now was going to join his six older brothers on tomorrow's job. They were going to trust him with covering their escape after robbing the bank and he was determined to do it right. He was immensely proud to be a Hogan, and his tough brothers were his heroes. Joey knew there was nothing he wanted out of life more than to be just like them.It would take him years before he wanted nothing more than to kill each of them.
A stunningly gorgeous retelling of THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. Lose yourself in in the dark forests of Amélie Fléchais’ spectacular artwork. A young wolf, on a journey to bring his grandmother a rabbit, is charmed by the nice little girl who offers to help him . . . but nice is not the same as good. A haunting fairy tale for children and adults alike.
Henry St. Martin walked into the hacienda to talk to his father. Everything seemed wrong. Where was his mother?Three hours later, sixteen-year-old Henry was ejected from the enormous St. Martin ranch and told never to return, or he would be shot on sight. He vowed to return seek revenge against the entire family. When he finally returned, it wouldn't be as Henry St. Martin, it would not be as a sixteen-year-old boy seeking justice for his mother, but as a hardened lawman with the name of Alex Paine.
Eighteen-year-old Garrett Shaw and his father spotted the rustlers and pulled their Winchesters. They kept their muzzles pointed away from the three men who were stealing eight steers from their small ranch to give them a chance to leave peaceably. When they were close, Garrett's father shouted for them to just go and he wouldn't notify the sheriff.The rustlers responded by pulling their pistols. When they started throwing lead, Garrett and his father began returning fire. Garrett hit one of the rustlers just as his father's horse went down. As the wounded man raced away, Garrett shot a second a second rustler before he reached his father.The rustlers had run off leaving the family's cattle, but his father's leg had been crushed by his horse. Hours later, as the doctor examined his father's injury, Garrett knew that it was now his responsibility to provide for his crippled father, mother and sisters. Any hopes he had for starting his own family would have to wait.