Reaper's Fee (2008)
Reaper's Fee
“It wasn’t a fear that some folks had of being hitched to a steam engine rolling over two iron bars. It wasn’t a fear of Indians derailing the whole locomotive and sending him to a fiery death. It wasn’t any sort of fear at all. It was more like a vicious annoyance at the entire process.
Sitting upon a bench that rattled beneath him for hours on end, Nick clenched his eyes shut as tightly as he clenched his fists. He knew there was no other way to get from California to the Dakotas with enough t...ime to have a prayer of finding Barrett’s grave ahead of the treasure hunters. If he’d ridden Kazys any farther than the train station, he would be in for the journey that had tested the resolve of so many wagon trains back in the great westward rush.
As much as Nick loved his new homeland, he sometimes cursed it for being so damn big. With that thought, Nick caught himself slipping into the mind-set he’d had when he’d looked at this country for the first time. The tight confines of the passenger car and the constant motion of everything around him were all too similar to the cramped quarters of the leaky ship that had deposited Nick and his father at Boston Harbor.MoreLess
Sitting upon a bench that rattled beneath him for hours on end, Nick clenched his eyes shut as tightly as he clenched his fists. He knew there was no other way to get from California to the Dakotas with enough t...ime to have a prayer of finding Barrett’s grave ahead of the treasure hunters. If he’d ridden Kazys any farther than the train station, he would be in for the journey that had tested the resolve of so many wagon trains back in the great westward rush.
As much as Nick loved his new homeland, he sometimes cursed it for being so damn big. With that thought, Nick caught himself slipping into the mind-set he’d had when he’d looked at this country for the first time. The tight confines of the passenger car and the constant motion of everything around him were all too similar to the cramped quarters of the leaky ship that had deposited Nick and his father at Boston Harbor.MoreLess
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