The Secret Saddle: Anna Troy's Emancipation (The Emancipation Series Book 2) by Larsen Dani

Author:Larsen, Dani [Larsen, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dani Larsen
Published: 2018-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

"Siringo Delays the Search for Jude"

Charlie Siringo felt compelled to go to the Montana Territory and the Canadian border to look for Jude, but it was late summer, and the weather in Montana would turn cold by the end of September. So he decided it was too late in the year to start a trip that far north, and he delayed his trip until spring. Besides, he missed his wife, and he knew he was needed on his ranch in New Mexico to help take care of things through the winter months. Spending winters with his wife at their spacious place outside of Santa Fe was something he always enjoyed. He thought about making a stop in La Grande, to tell Anton about what he had just learned about Jude in Pendleton, but since he had telegraphed the sheriff and asked him to tell everyone who needed to know, he was sure the man would relay the information. And there was only a half an hour stop in that city, which hardly gave him enough time to get to the saloon and back.

All Pinkerton men had free passes to ride the rail systems anywhere in the United States, due to a deal made with the railroads a long time ago. The detectives had worked for the railroads and saved them thousands of dollars, by stopping lots of train robberies in the last half of the nineteenth century. The Pinkerton men caught and arrested many train robbers and broke up several gangs; including the Hole in the Wall Gang, run by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Part of the reward for their service was a free ride for detectives and their horses. All a Pinkerton man had to do was show his badge.

Siringo's train left Pendleton at eight in the morning. The weather was still warm, but the leaves were bursting with fall colors that made the countryside look like canvases filled with reds, oranges, and golds sprinkled across the landscape. Fluffy white clouds floated aimlessly in the blue skies for several miles and eventually began turning to gray as the train traveled on its rails, and Charlie realized that a late summer storm would be upon them within the next few hours. After showing his badge, he loaded his horse into one of the two Arm's Palace Horse Cars that were built just for the animals. These cars were similar to Pullman passenger cars, including the clerestory roofs and small windows that surrounded the ceiling. The cars had two compartments with eight stalls on both sides, instead of the one compartment in the Pullman cars. They had a wall in the middle of each car which separated the car into two sides. The wall had four stalls on each side of it and four stalls facing the end walls. Two sliding doors were on each side of the car where ramps were pulled down for loading and unloading the horses. There were water and feed troughs in each stall and places for the owners to store their saddles and bags, bridles, blankets, and bed rolls.

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