Ralph Compton Death Rides a Chestnut Mare (2010)
Ralph Compton Death Rides a Chestnut Mare
“But Sheriff Barnes had been expecting that.
“Don’t do it, Jubal,” Barnes warned.
Jubal fought the urge to draw, finally dropping his shaking hands to his sides. His old face a mask of grief, he stared at the body of his second son.
“I’ll help you get him in the wagon, Jubal,” said Sheriff Barnes. “Then I’ll ride out and help you bury them.”
“I don’t need no help from the likes of you,” Jubal said.
But he couldn’t handle Ebeau’s body by himself, and he didn’t object when Barnes lent a hand in ge...tting Ebeau into the wagon beside Elmo’s coffin. Wordlessly, Jubal climbed to the wagon seat, took the reins, and clucked to the team. Sheriff Barnes mounted his horse and followed the wagon.
“God, he took it hard,” said Herb Sellers. “I thought you’d likely have to shoot him.”
“I didn’t want to shoot either of them,” Danielle said.
“You didn’t have any choice,” said Herb. “He’d have shot you if he could. I reckon it’s the curse of a man carryin’ a gun.MoreLess
“Don’t do it, Jubal,” Barnes warned.
Jubal fought the urge to draw, finally dropping his shaking hands to his sides. His old face a mask of grief, he stared at the body of his second son.
“I’ll help you get him in the wagon, Jubal,” said Sheriff Barnes. “Then I’ll ride out and help you bury them.”
“I don’t need no help from the likes of you,” Jubal said.
But he couldn’t handle Ebeau’s body by himself, and he didn’t object when Barnes lent a hand in ge...tting Ebeau into the wagon beside Elmo’s coffin. Wordlessly, Jubal climbed to the wagon seat, took the reins, and clucked to the team. Sheriff Barnes mounted his horse and followed the wagon.
“God, he took it hard,” said Herb Sellers. “I thought you’d likely have to shoot him.”
“I didn’t want to shoot either of them,” Danielle said.
“You didn’t have any choice,” said Herb. “He’d have shot you if he could. I reckon it’s the curse of a man carryin’ a gun.MoreLess
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