The Ferguson Rifle by Louis L'amour

Author:Louis L'amour
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-07-19T16:45:16+00:00

“Not too many men are to be trusted when gold

is a matter of concern, or a pretty woman, but I believe these men can be trusted. I’ve found them men of principle, and despite what many wish to believe, there are honorable men in the world.

“However, think of this. If you go away now, without the treasure, how will you get back? There’re a thousand stories of lost cities, lost temples, vast treasures. Why should anyone believe yours rather than any other? How many men will you find who’ll go into Indian country with you?

“There’s another thing. Suppose someone finds it while you’re gone? We don’t know if that old Indian was the only one who knew. That man who looks like your father ... what does he know?”

What I said was true and she knew it. Her chance of ever returning to this area was slight, yet she hesitated, twisting her fingers and thinking.

I could well understand how she felt. She was a young woman alone, far into a situation she had never expected or planned for, and even if she escaped from this wilderness, she faced abject poverty in a world without mercy.

She found herself among strangers, with a group of rough-seeming men with no allegiance to anybody or anything. That I was Irish she knew, and Davy Shanagan, too, but there were rogues enough among the Irish so that might count for nothing.

“I don’t know what to do,” she said helplessly. “I ... I have no one. When I came to Santa Fe, I didn’t expect this. Mr. Conway was going to help, and Jorge. I trusted them.”

“And now you must trust us.”

She looked at me, her eyes imploring.

She must risk all or lose all. “You ... you knew about the treasure?”

“Yes. Such stories have always fascinated me, and this one had some peculiar aspects that we needn’t go into now. It’s actually two treasures, you know.”

“I didn’t know.”

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