Lonigan by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Usenet, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
ISBN: 9780553275360
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1988-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

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IT WAS AN hour’s ride from the home ranch, and when he drew rein near the water hole the sun was still almost an hour high. His fears were realized the instant his eyes fell upon what always had been a wide, clear pool, for around it lay a rim, at least six feet wide, of gray mud, indicating the shrinkage. This was the last straw.

A hoof struck stone, and surprised, he glanced up. Lonely as this place was, other riders than the two men who worked for him hardly ever came to this water hole. But here was one—and a girl.

She was tall, slender, yet beautifully built. He wondered instantly who she was. He had never seen her before. Her dark hair was drawn to a loose knot at the nape of her neck, and her eyes were big and dark. She was riding a splendid palomino mare, with an old-fashioned Spanish-type saddle.

He swept off his hat and she flashed a quick smile at him.

“You are Rowdy Horn?” she inquired.

“That’s right, ma’am, but you’ve sure got the best of me. I thought I knew every girl in this country, and especially all of the pretty ones, but I see I don’t.”

She laughed. “You wouldn’t know me,” she said sharply. “I’m Vaho Rainey.”

His interest quickened. The whole South Rim country knew about this girl, but she had never been seen around Aragon. The daughter of French and Irish parents, she had been left an orphan when little more than a baby, and brought up by old Cleetus, a wealthy Navaho chieftain. When she was fourteen she had been sent to a convent in New Orleans, and after that had spent some time in New York and Boston before returning to the great old stone house where Cleetus lived.

“Welcome to the Slash Bar,” Rowdy said, smiling. “I met old Cleetus once. He’s quite a character.” He grinned ruefully. “He sure made a fool out of me, one time.”

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