When jury returns with the 'not guilty' verdict for an old town crook and smuggler Ollie Jacks it brings dissensions among few prominent people in the town. Everyone thought that Ollie deserves death for what he is believed to have done, but one of the town leaders, Clay Morgan, decides to spare his life and guarantees him safety if he stays in town. But Ollie can't trust Morgan's promise and goes on a run which propels a posse containing both those who want Ollie dead and those who want to rescue him.
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Ernest Haycox. Saddle & Ride (Musaicum Vintage Western)
Saddle & Ride (Musaicum Vintage Western)
Table of Contents
THE JURY RETURNS A VERDICT
THE THIN CHANCE
ROUNDUP FIRES
CATHERINE
SURPRISE
LONG RIDE
A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS
THE SEARCH
BITTER HOURS
"YOU WILL LOSE EYERYTHING!"
THE INEVITABLE PAST
HACK BREATHITT
ON THE TRAIL
THE RUN OF HOURS
THE SMALL STILL VOICE
SOMETHING DIES, SOMETHING LIVES
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"If it was your beef you'd see it our way," repeated Charley Hillhouse.
Hack Breathitt had his moments of wisdom; he had his far thoughts. "There's two kinds of people in this world, Charley. Those that have got beef—and those that have got none. People that stick and people that drift. The Lord made you and me different. It ain't my fault and it ain't your fault. But I like my way—and no man can make me change."
