Rough and Ready Rancher by Kathie Denosky

Author:Kathie Denosky [Denosky, Kathie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Category
ISBN: 9780373763559
Amazon: 0373763557
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2000-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

“Flint, I think you’d better come take a look at this,” Jed called as he jogged over to where Flint stood.

“What’s that?” Flint asked, reluctant to turn his attention away from the delightful sight of Jenna’s retreating backside.

Jed motioned for Flint to follow, and when they’d entered the barn he pointed to a piece of paper attached to one of the saddles in the tack room. “I found this when I got ready to saddle up. I thought I’d best leave it alone till you checked it out.”

Flint stared at the note resting in the center of the leather seat. The words had been crudely pieced together from magazines, but the message couldn’t have been more clear.

“It’s time to pay for what you’ve done.”

After scanning the paper, Flint went to the phone by the door. “Before we touch anything, I want that note and the saddle dusted for fingerprints.”

An hour later Flint and his men watched the county sheriff, Troy Bartlow, brush the saddle with a white powder.

“We have some pretty good prints here,” Troy said, once the images became more visible. He took a camera from his pocket, snapped pictures of the prints’ location, then covered each one with transparent lifting tape. After transferring them to a special paper, Troy turned to Flint. “We’ll run these through the computer and see what we can scare up. If this guy has a record of any kind, we’ll find out who he is. Do you know if any of your men have been fingerprinted before?”

“They took mine when I was in the army,” Jed spoke up.

When Brad and Tom shook their heads, Sheriff Bartlow removed an ink pad and cards from his investigator’s case. “We’d better take your prints to eliminate any confusion.” He paused to look at Flint. “Anyone else have access to the tack room?”

“Miss Adams been ridin’ that buckskin,” Jed offered.

“I’d better get her prints, too,” Troy said.

Flint turned to the phone to call the ranch house. He didn’t like it, but Jed was right. Jenna had been in the tack room just before the note was found.

Jenna arrived a few minutes later, just as the sheriff finished up with Tom and Brad.

“I can tell you right now my fingerprints will be all over that saddle,” she stated bluntly. “It’s the one I’ve been using when I ride the buckskin.”

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