Medicine Road by Will Henry

Author:Will Henry [Henry, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-05-30T03:59:00+00:00

"I know your other kid ... uh, one of them, anyways. Little carrot-top about five. Buckteeth like a cub gopher. Him and me, we..."

"Johnny's seven, Mister Callahan. And there's no others, just him and Kathy. He told me about how you were the past president of the Sioux nation and that you were so smart and mean that, when the other Indians saw you coming, they all ran screaming... 'Run for your lives, it's the great Red Fox!' Really, Mister Callahan...

"Shucks, that's nothing." Jesse's grin spread, ear to ear, interrupting her threatened reprimand. "You should have heard about the time I tangled rear ends with Watonga, the king of the Arapahoes!"

The raw-boned squaw bent farther over the sick child. Eye tailing her a glance, Jesse caught the bounce of the fire's flicker in the lynx-bright eyes. Under cover of her pretended hovering over the child, the squaw was watching him like a winghung hawk.

"Yep, that was the time, ma'am," his voice hurried on, wanting to beat the question framing on Lacey's full lips. "Just happened down the Medicine Road a ways. Not two days gone."

The squaw glued her eyes to the child, not letting herself grab any of Jesse's bait.

"Old Black Coyote, that's Watonga, ma'am, he set a trap for me. But Tokeya Sha, that's me, ma'am, I was a mite too fancy for him. Tokeya, he jumped up and ran around Watonga while he was a-setting watching his trap. The shame of getting himself outfoxed thataway like to kilt the old chief. Him and his best hundred braves. Last I seen of them, those braves was thinking about making me chief, and running old Black..."

"Mister Callahan"-the blonde girl's break-in showed she was through monkeying-"Tim will be along any minute. If you want something here, say so and be moving on. Tim will never forget your hitting him, believe me. You'd best not be around when he shows up. He'll. . .

"He'll do nothing," purred the mountain man, blue eyes whacking into the emigrant girl like a thrown knife. "And I do want something here, Lacey O'Mara. I want you."

Lacey's mouth dropped as her eyes went big. Before she could start to sputter, Jesse cut her down.

"Not like you're thinking, ma'am. I don't mean that. But I do want to tell you how I do mean it. I'm slow with talk, but when it's in me to come out, I got to say it. And I got to say it to you, gal. Alone."

"You can't see me alone. Tim would kill both of us, sure. And I don't care what you mean and I don't want to hear what you've got to say. I don't want to see you, I can't see you. I don't want anything to do with you. Is that clear, Mister Callahan? I've got more trouble than I can bear now. I can't do anything about you. Oh, go away, Jesse! I ..."

The use of his name slipped out awkwardly, interrupting the rambling flow of her words.

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