The Sackett Brand by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
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ISBN: Lamo_0553899716
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2003-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

IN THE SHADOWED coolness of the ranch house on Mora Creek the dining-room table was laid for ten, and as the Mexican girls moved swiftly and silently about, making last-minute preparations for dinner, their skirts rustled with excitement. Orrin Sackett was up from Santa Fe after his return from Washington, D.C.

Tyrel Sackett, wearing a black broadcloth suit, sat in a big hide-covered chair listening to Orrin.

The huge living room was two stories high, and was framed by a balcony on three sides with a beautiful staircase leading to the upper floor. The room itself was sparsely furnished and cool.

“Cap should be here any minute, Orrin. He rode out this morning to check the range on the south.”

“How is Cap?”

“You know how he is. He’s lived all his life on beef, beans, and gun smoke. If somebody doesn’t shoot him, he’ll live forever.”

“Heard from Tell?”

“Never a word since they left for Arizona. I’ve held back the herd, waiting. But you know Tell…he was never any hand to write.”

“Look, Tye, I can’t tell you how important this meeting is. Ollie Shaddock is coming over, and the men with him want me to run for the United States Senate.

It’s a big step, and I’d like to try.”

“What do they want from me?”

“Tye, the Mexican vote can elect me, and you know as well as I do that most of them do not trust Anglos, and they know very little about them. They do know something about me…or you.

“What’s important is that they believe in you—they know you, and they like you. What the men back of me want is your assurance that you’re supporting me. And they want you to tell some of your Mexican friends.”

Tye laughed. “Damn it, Orrin, who else would I support? You’re not only my brother, but an honest man. Sure, I’ll drop the word, but it isn’t necessary. They remember you, and they trust you. Believe me, the only mistake your friends are making is in underrating the political sense of the Mexicans. They aren’t easily led, and they certainly aren’t easily stampeded.”

“I’ll need the help, Tye. There’s a lot of talk against electing a gunfighter to the Senate—or to any public office.”

“You mean they’ve forgotten about Andy Jackson?” Tyrel said. “Or Thomas Hart Benton? And Cassius Clay, our ambassador to Russia?”

He crossed his legs. “Anyway, Orrin, you weren’t the one who got into gunfights. I was the one.”

The door opened suddenly, and Drusilla, breath-takingly lovely, stood framed there. “Tye, it’s Cap. He’s got bad news.”

Cap Rountree stepped past her. “Tye, a Mexican boy just rode in. There’s word that Tell’s in trouble. The whole Lazy A has taken in after him and they’ve got him cornered back in the breaks under the Mogollon Rim. They’re going to hang him, Tye.”

Tyrel Sackett knocked the ash from his Spanish cigar and placed it carefully on the ash tray. “Cap, have them saddle a horse for me.”

He turned to Orrin. “Sorry. You can tell them for me that I’m with you…all the way…when I get back.

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