William W. Johnstone by Return of the Mountain Man

Author:Return of the Mountain Man [Man, Return of the Mountain]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Westerns, General, Jensen; Smoke (Fictitious Character), Fiction, Mountain Life
ISBN: 9780758231635
Google: YjCKUwdc3EkC
Amazon: 0759206899
Barnesnoble: 0759206899
Publisher: e-reads.com
Published: 1986-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

13

Buck took his time saddling Drifter. He watched the old Flathead, Hunts-Long, ride out. He was conscious of Little Ben looking at him.

“You know Miss Flora, boy?”

“Yes, sir. Down to the Pink House.”

“After I’m gone, you walk down there and tell Miss Sally Reynolds I said to keep her head down. She’ll know what I mean. You got that?”

“Yes, sir. Mister Buck? Sam’s a nice feller. He ain’t no real gunhand. He got backed into it.”

“How’s that, Ben?”

“Story is—I heard some men talkin’—a deputy over in Montana Territory pushed Sam hard one day. Sam tried to get out of it, but the deputy drew on him. Sam was faster. Kilt the man and had to take the hoot-owl trail.” The boy grinned. “Sam’s sweet on Miz Becky.”

“Sam told me he was from Minnesota.”

“Yes, sir. That’s what I heard, too. Sam wants to go back to farmin’, way I heared it.”

“A lot of us would like to be doin’ something other than what we’re doin’, Ben. But a man gets his trail stretched out in front of him, sometimes you just got to ride it to trail’s end, whether you like it or not.”

“You be careful, Mister Buck.”

“See you, boy.”

Buck rode out easy. He could feel…something in the air. A feeling of tension, he thought. And he wondered about it. The pot was about to boil over in Bury, and Buck didn’t know what had caused the fire to get too hot. But he knew that sometimes just the slightest little push could turn over a cart—if the contents weren’t stacked right.

A mile out of town, Buck cut off the road and reined up, hidden in the timber. He waited for half an hour. No riders passed him. He rode out of the timber, heading for the creek.

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