Lone Star Ranger : a Ranger to Ride With (9781310568404)
“The river had cut a small valley through this mostly flat or gently rolling part of Texas.
Gazing at the horizon, he spoke to the man next to him. He pointed to a column of thick black smoke rising into the otherwise clear blue sky.
“I don’t like the looks of that smoke over yonder. What do you think, Jeb?”
Ranger Jeb Rollins thumbed back his Stetson and ran a hand across his sweaty forehead.
“Don’t like the looks of it either, Bob.
It’s way too much smoke for a campfire. But it’s not enough to... be a prairie fire, less’n it just got started. I reckon it’s someone’s house or barn blazin’.”
“You recollect any ranches down that way?”
Jeb thought for a minute.
“Only one near that spot is the old Stillwell place, about six miles from here. Lies along Wallace Creek as I recall. It was abandoned for quite a spell, but I heard some Easterners name of Stewart bought the spread and moved in there some months back. You think the men we’ve been trailin’ might have hit the place?MoreLess
Gazing at the horizon, he spoke to the man next to him. He pointed to a column of thick black smoke rising into the otherwise clear blue sky.
“I don’t like the looks of that smoke over yonder. What do you think, Jeb?”
Ranger Jeb Rollins thumbed back his Stetson and ran a hand across his sweaty forehead.
“Don’t like the looks of it either, Bob.
It’s way too much smoke for a campfire. But it’s not enough to... be a prairie fire, less’n it just got started. I reckon it’s someone’s house or barn blazin’.”
“You recollect any ranches down that way?”
Jeb thought for a minute.
“Only one near that spot is the old Stillwell place, about six miles from here. Lies along Wallace Creek as I recall. It was abandoned for quite a spell, but I heard some Easterners name of Stewart bought the spread and moved in there some months back. You think the men we’ve been trailin’ might have hit the place?MoreLess
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