Destiny Of The Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

In an area that Captain King called the Vetadero Meadows, one of his cowboys, Juan Arino, saw some riders moving several cattle to the south. Thinking that Ramon might have sent some men to help with the roundup, he sighed and shook his head. Whoever they were, they were undoing the work that Juan and his friends had spent the last few days doing. The cattle were supposed to be driven north, not south. What was wrong with these people?

Juan started riding toward them to see who they were, and to tell them that they were making a mistake.

He called out to them.

“Amigos. Usted está cometiendo un error. Usted debe ir con los ganado vacuno al norte!”

He yelled as loudly as he could, but his voice sounded thin in the hot wind that was blowing across the prairie. He urged his horse into a faster lope.

As he drew closer to the riders, he realized that he did not recognize any of them. These weren’t Santa Gertrudis riders. Who were they, and what were they doing here on Captain King’s land? Suddenly Juan had a bad feeling about this, and pulled his horse to a halt.

These men weren’t making a mistake. They knew exactly what they were doing. They were rustling cattle!

Juan didn’t know whether to stay and watch for a while longer, to see if he could determine where they were going with the cattle . . . or if he should get back to the others and tell them what was happening.

The decision was taken away from him when he heard the angry buzz of a bullet frying past his ear. Looking around, he saw a man, on a horse, holding a rifle to his shoulder. A white puff of smoke billowed from the end of the rifle and he watched, almost as if detached, as the shooter rocked back in his saddle from the recoil of the rifle, all in perfect silence.

“Uhnh!” he gasped as he felt the bullet go deep into his chest. It wasn’t until then, as he was already tumbling from his horse, that he heard the sound of the rifle.

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