A Dangerous Way by S. A. Gibson

Author:S. A. Gibson [Franx, JD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S. A. Gibson
Published: 2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00

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Though the current pushes them closer, Smith and Asher hold the raft just off from the spit. Smith shouts to the man on the sandbar, “Can we trust you’ll keep your sword sheathed?”

The young man on the sand lowers his head. “Yes.”

“All right, Asher. Let’s pick him up.”

They work the raft to the sand, and hold for a second as the swordsman leaps aboard. The two other passengers keep their distance, as Smith warned them. Mary, the well-dressed young woman, traveling from one large hacienda to her relatives’ estate in the North. The cobbler’s apprentice, carrying his tools in a carpetbag, stands between the newcomer and the young lady.

“The librarian has paid your passage,” Smith informs this one boarding the raft.

“Which way did he go!” He seems to struggle against an urge to touch his sword’s hilt.

Smith regards the excited man. Can he control himself? “I have a message from the scout.”

The young man’s expression turns even more sour. “When I catch him. I’ll shut him up.”

“He said, ‘You should be able to learn from anyone. Yang sent you here to kill or die. He cares nothing about you. You should have more respect for yourself than to kill and be killed for someone else’s greed.’”

“He don’t know nothing about me. I’m getting paid more than both of you are worth, Riverman.”

At this retort, Asher is the one to speak, “William said, ‘He’s recently been trained to use a sword. He was told to provoke a fight with the man from the library. He’s outside of his base of support.”

And waving across the river, Smith reminds him “No one here is a cattleman. The scout said, you might want to head in the other direction and find new employment. Because Yang punishes those who fail him.”

He slowly turns, staring off down the river. The passengers notice, the swordsman’s shocked expression has turned to a worried frown.

The young cobbler speaks softly, for the woman, and the others. “This river crossing has been very exciting.”

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