Sins of the Father by Thomas Robert J

Author:Thomas, Robert J. [Thomas, Robert J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: R & T Enterprise Inc.
Published: 2011-08-04T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

STUMPY WATSON HAD SENT four men to the Thornton ranch. None of them were gunslingers, but they all knew how to fire a rifle and they didn’t have a problem with getting paid to throw lead. That gave Thornton a better chance at protecting his property and his men. Thornton was in bed asleep, but he had men posted in all four directions watching for an ambush. There was one clump of trees on the north side that was only about fifty feet from the house. Lindsey Stanton was sitting down in the middle of the clump of trees, affording him a good spot to watch from. He heard something and he kept squinting his eyes and looking in the direction it was coming from. He finally spotted

someone who was crawling on their belly straight for the clump of trees. He didn’t know who it was, but he knew it was trouble. He waited until the man, or whatever it was came within fifty feet of where he was. Then, the man who had been crawling suddenly stood up and began running towards the clump of trees. Lindsey Stanton never even warned the man. He fired his Winchester and the man fell forward with a heavy thump.

Victor King, who had been on guard in the barn, had also spotted someone crawling on the ground and as soon as Stanton had fired his Winchester, this man stood up and started to light a large stick with cloth wrapped around it. It had just barely ignited when Victor fired his Winchester and the man fell backwards, the grass catching on fire from the stick.

Gunfire was now coming from all four directions, slugs hitting the house and the barn. Thornton had his men reinforce the areas that his men would fire from in the house earlier in the day. They had nailed fourinch lumber on the inside, below and around the sides of the windows of the ranch house. That way his men would only take a slug if they were exposed in a window. Thornton had one window in each direction manned, each man had at least two rifles and one shotgun with them, and they were putting down some heavy fire at Madden’s men.

All of sudden the gunfire stopped. Thornton could hear horses running off in the distance. Thornton and his men waited for a full five minutes before coming out to assess the casualties. Lindsey Stanton lay dead in the clump of trees, a bullet to his head. One of Madden’s men had saw the muzzle flash coming from the clump of trees and saw a shadowy figure of a man and fired off several rounds, one of them hit its mark. Victor King lay dead just inside the large door of the barn. Thornton sent his men around the house to find Madden’s men. They found four dead men. Thornton ordered his men to strip them of their weapons and ammunition and bury the bodies in the morning in one grave.

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