Double Mountain Crossing by Chris Scott Wilson

Author:Chris Scott Wilson [Wilson, Chris Scott]
Format: epub
Publisher: Boson Books
Published: 2010-10-07T14:39:45.421000+00:00

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Alison accustomed himself to the black’s leggy gait as he followed the trail north. If he’d had a choice he would never have bought the black horse. It had not been bred to tackle the job ahead. But there had been no others for sale so had adjusted himself to it. $60 too, the thieving old negro. He gave the black its head and let it stretch out, hooves pounding the trail. One thing in the animal’s favor, he could run second to none. Alison could make out Morgan’s tracks easily from the wagon ruts, but he kept an eye out, watching for the unexpected. When he reached the point where Morgan had cut away from the main trail he picked up on it without even putting the black off its stride.

It looked too simple. It was the last place Alison himself would have chosen to split off. He would have picked difficult ground where a tracker would have hesitated. By now he had no illusions about Morgan’s brains, the man had plenty, and he figured Morgan had a good idea he would be trailed, if not to his destination at least far enough to be unloaded of what was left of his gold. So why this easy? Unless Morgan wanted him to follow. Why else would he ride north, then north-east, when if the map was right he should have been making for the west where the mountains lay? For a set up? That was the way it looked, and Alison certainly wasn’t going to humor the old man.

He reined in and sat the black, letting him blow after the run. He tugged the folded scrap of paper from his vest pocket and examined it for the tenth time that day. The hell with Morgan’s games, he would cut west directly for the mountains. When Morgan finished riding in circles and went where he was going to go, well then he would be already there to watch Morgan approach the high country. His only doubt was the map’s credence. If the buffalo hunter had foxed him and the twin mountains weren’t where they should be, well when he rode back to Redrock there would be one less hunter to tote hides back east.

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