Shadow Riders, the Southern Plains Uprising, 1873
“William Graves shrieked, arousing the attention of every one of the soldiers.
“Find what?” asked Simon Pierce.
Seamus turned in the saddle, finding the two civilians halting their horses, allowing Stanton and his ten horsemen to pass as the wagon rumbled out of the narrow creek and onto the prairie, driven east, away from the prairie fire.
Graves patted his coat pocket, his eyes filled with panic. “I always carry it here.”
“What?” Pierce repeated.
“The … the—” and Graves skidded to a verbal hal...t when his eyes caught the Irishman staring at the two of them. “I’ve got to go back, Simon!”
Pierce glanced at the advancing wall of flame. “You can’t. What can be so damned important that you—”
Graves grabbed Pierce’s arm, almost pulling the smaller man out of the saddle, whispering huskily. “It’s what this whole damned expedition is about, Simon!”
Pierce flung off the arm. “You’re insane, William. Always feared you would be. But be that as it may—you can’t go back.MoreLess
“Find what?” asked Simon Pierce.
Seamus turned in the saddle, finding the two civilians halting their horses, allowing Stanton and his ten horsemen to pass as the wagon rumbled out of the narrow creek and onto the prairie, driven east, away from the prairie fire.
Graves patted his coat pocket, his eyes filled with panic. “I always carry it here.”
“What?” Pierce repeated.
“The … the—” and Graves skidded to a verbal hal...t when his eyes caught the Irishman staring at the two of them. “I’ve got to go back, Simon!”
Pierce glanced at the advancing wall of flame. “You can’t. What can be so damned important that you—”
Graves grabbed Pierce’s arm, almost pulling the smaller man out of the saddle, whispering huskily. “It’s what this whole damned expedition is about, Simon!”
Pierce flung off the arm. “You’re insane, William. Always feared you would be. But be that as it may—you can’t go back.MoreLess
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