A Ranger Redeemed (Lone Star Ranger Book 7) by Griffin James J

Author:Griffin, James J. [Griffin, James J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sundown Press
Published: 2016-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

7

Shortly after ten o’clock that same night, seven riders rode down the main street of Abilene. They reined up in front of the marshal’s office.

“All right, you hombres get down and get inside. You’re headed for the lockup,” Carl ordered.

The three disheveled train robbers he and his partners had captured slowly dismounted. One of them had a bloody bandage wrapped around his right shoulder.

“You gonna take me to the doc’s, Ranger?” he asked.

“We’ll send for him,” Carl answered. “Sean…”

“I’ll go get him,” Sean answered. He swung his horse around, and continued down the street. Carl, Gavin and Eli shoved their three prisoners through the office door. Marshal Cavendish was sleeping in his chair, with his feet up on his desk. He dropped them to the floor and sat up.

“What’ve we got here?” he asked.

“Our first captured train bandits,” Carl answered. “They were waitin’ for the train at the first water stop out of town. I reckon they never expected to find Rangers on board. They put up a bit of a fight, but not much. Sean’s gone for the doc, to tend to the one who did get drilled.”

“Anyone else get hurt?”

“Nope. Just this one here.”

“All right, boys, time to put you in a cell,” Cavendish ordered. “We’ll take care of the paperwork after the doc finishes his work.”

The prisoners were led down the corridor which led to the cells, and placed in one. Once they were secured, the marshal returned to his office, where the Rangers were pouring themselves cups of coffee.

“Well, good work,” Cavendish said. “You caught a few. However, I doubt they’re the main bunch.”

“They sure ain’t,” Carl answered. “One of ’em admitted as much. This was their first attempt. I reckon since the others have been doin’ so well, these three figured they’d give it a try.”

“And it looks like their first try will be their last,” Cavendish answered.

“Let’s hope so,” Gavin muttered.

“Marshal, it’s been a long day,” Carl said. “Soon as Sean gets back, we’re gonna put up the horses, then head on over to the hotel, and let the lieutenant know what’s happened. After that, we’ll get some shut-eye. We’ll come back in the mornin’ to file our reports, and sign the warrants.”

“That’s fine with me,” Cavendish said. “G’wan, get on outta here. I’ll send your other man along, soon as he gets back. See you tomorrow.”

****

Despite their initial success, the Rangers next spent a frustrating twelve days in their attempts to hunt down the robbers plaguing the Fort Worth, Abilene, and Denver. It was as if the outlaws had dropped out of sight. Only one attempt at a holdup was made during that time, on a local which had no Rangers assigned to it. The train crew managed to drive off the robbers, with no injuries to anyone on board, and no damage, except for some shattered windows and bullet-splintered wood.

Jeb kept changing the men assigned to the trains, as well as their roles, so they would not become too familiar to the other riders.

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