The Western Adventures of Cade McCall Box Set by Robert Vaughan

Author:Robert Vaughan [Vaughan, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781641195959
Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
Published: 2019-04-09T22:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Twin Creek Ranch, Howard County, Texas – 1927:

“I know, I know,” Cade said, “you’re wondering why I didn’t face them down, instead of shooting them from more than a quarter mile away. Well, I thought about it, and there’s no doubt in my mind that I could have taken both of them fairly easily.”

“Then why didn’t you?” Owen Wister asked. “I mean, it seems to me like you would have had more personal satisfaction from letting them know that you caught up with them, and that they were paying for their misdeeds.”

Cade shook his head. “They’re just as dead. During the war I killed a lot of men who never saw the shot coming, and I killed them only because they were on the other side, and that was the nature of war. If good men could be killed in such a way, I felt no compunction about killing Kilgore and Toombs like that.”

“Were there ever any repercussions from you shooting them?” Owen Wister asked.

“No. I told Lee that I couldn’t find them. The only people I ever told were Jacob Harrison and Jeter, and, of course, Magnolia. I felt like she should know.”

“How did she take it?”

Cade smiled. “She kissed me. Right in front of Jeter, she kissed me. Then she explained, to both of us, that the kiss was from Arabella.”

“You still miss Arabella, don’t you? After all these years.”

“Yeah, Dan, I miss her, just as I know Molly misses Jacob. I think one of the things that has strengthened our marriage over the years, more than half a century now, is that we’ve been able to share our love with Jacob and Arabella.”

“Speaking of Arabella, and Chantal, too. Where are they, today?”

“I’m really proud of Chantal. She’s the head mistress of Irvinson Girls’ School in Laramie, Wyoming. Of course, since she went into teaching, she never got married, but she says the school girls are her family.”

“And Arabella?”

“She’s a grandmother in Ft. Worth, and Magnolia lives with her now that Jeter has passed.”

From out front, they heard a car horn honking.

Amanda stuck her head into the library.

“Grandpa, Mr. Wister, my boyfriend is here. He wants to drive us all into Big Spring for dinner. I told him I could talk you into it. Will you please come with us?”

“Wait a minute, Amanda, are you telling me you want two old geezers like Dan and me to come along on your date?”

“You’re not old, Grandpa,” Amanda said as she grabbed his hand. “And yes, I want you to come.

“All right,” Cade said, with a chuckle. “But promise me there won’t be any spooning or anything.”

“Grandpa, don’t say that,” Amanda said as she helped to pull him to his feet. “So, tell me, Mr. Wister, did grandpa tell you everything?”

“No, darlin’,” Wister replied. “I have a feeling this saga is just getting started.”

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