Thunder of Eagles by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Western Stories, Westerns, General, Fiction, Colorado, Revenge, Outlaws
ISBN: 9780786018697
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 1999-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Mounted on a horse supplied by Wade Garrison, Falcon was on the way to La Junta with the wagons. They had left Higbee at first light, and were now halfway between Higbee and La Junta.

Garrison wasn’t the only one to take steps to ensure the safety of the shipment. For this trip to La Junta and back, Thompson had hired guards to ride with the drivers, arming each of them with double-barrel shotguns.

As the wagons rolled slowly toward La Junta, the three guards shouted directions at each other.

“Tom, you check the tree line over there. Do you see anything?” one of the guards called.

“No, what about you?” Tom replied. “Anything in those rocks?”

“Nothing I can see.”

“Uh, Tom, Larry, and, Frank, is it?” Falcon asked.

“Yes.”

“Do you mind if I make a suggestion?”

“No, why should we mind? We’re in this together,” Larry replied.

“Good,” Falcon said. “Take a look at the wagons.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“The wagons,” Falcon said. “Take a look at them. What do you see?”

The three guards looked at the wagons, then at each other, than at Falcon. It was obvious they had no idea what they were supposed to be looking for.

“I don’t see anything,” Tom said.

“Neither do I,” Larry added.”

“How about you, Frank? Do you see anything?”

“No,” Frank replied, confused as to where all this was going.

“Good, good, you’ve just made my point,” Falcon said. “Nobody is going to hit us with empty wagons,” he explained. “If they are going to hit us, it will be on the way back, when they can do the most damage.”

“Ha!” Smitty, the lead driver, laughed. “Shouldn’t of been all that hard for you boys to figure that out.”

“Yeah,” Tom said sheepishly. “Yeah, I guess we should have thought about that.”

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