Fifteen years before the story opens, John Marshall, a prosperous cattle raiser, had shot a man. He knows the act justifiable, but because of the political influence of his victim he felt th... Read allFifteen years before the story opens, John Marshall, a prosperous cattle raiser, had shot a man. He knows the act justifiable, but because of the political influence of his victim he felt that his only recourse is to flee. Taking his little daughter he hides himself in a fastness... Read allFifteen years before the story opens, John Marshall, a prosperous cattle raiser, had shot a man. He knows the act justifiable, but because of the political influence of his victim he felt that his only recourse is to flee. Taking his little daughter he hides himself in a fastness of the mountains that constitute part of his great ranch. The only man he trusts in the o... Read all
