Thunder of Eagles by J. A. Johnstone & William W. Johnstone

Author:J. A. Johnstone & William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, J. A. & Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780786028474
Amazon: 0786028475
Barnesnoble: 0786028475
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2008-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Kathleen Garrison stood at the front window of the CNM&T office and watched as Billy drove by in the buckboard. Billy’s brother, Cletus, was sitting in the seat beside him, his head hanging forward as if he were asleep.

She wondered if Billy would glance toward the window, and when he did, she felt a little thrill pass through her. She waved at him, and she saw the small smile play across his face as he nodded in response.

Leaving the front window, she returned to the desk, then pulled out the poem he had written for her. She read the poem again, allowing each word to go to her heart.

Then, the joy she was feeling was suddenly replaced with a jolt of reality.

He had said it in the poem.

She was a Garrison.

He was a Clinton.

Kathleen heard her father’s footsteps on the front porch, and quickly, she folded the poem and stuck it between the pages of a copy of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations.

“Hello, Papa,” she said to him as he came in.

“I was just down to the telegraph office,” Garrison said. “All the material I need for building the depot has arrived in La Junta. Mr. Thompson is sending wagons after it tomorrow.”

“That’s wonderful, Papa,” Kathleen said. “Let’s just pray that it arrives without anyone being killed or hurt.”

“Prayer is good,” Garrison agreed. “But you’ve heard the old expression ‘God helps him who helps himself ’?”

“Yes, of course.”

Garrison nodded. “I’m helping myself,” he said. “I’m sending Falcon MacCallister along with the wagons. I pity anyone who tries to stop them this time.”

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