Shadow of the Hangman (2014)
““He should be back by now,” Shamus O’Brien said, staring out his study window.
Samuel, wearing a fat bandage around his head, stepped beside his father. “I can’t see a thing out there,” he said.
“Jacob can take care of himself,” Shawn said. “There’s nobody around better with a gun than he is.”
“That doesn’t mean a hill of beans when a rifle is trained on your back,” Shamus said. “You said you heard both rifle and revolver shots.” He turned his head. “Is that right, Luther?”
“Yeah, Colonel, I re...ckon that’s what we heard. When I went up there to help Jacob he was gone, and three Apaches lay dead on the ground.”
Shamus slapped the arm of his wheelchair with his open hand. “Damn it, where is he? Did other Apaches take him?”
“Colonel, you want I should go look for him again?” Luther said. “I was all over the mesa until it got too dark to see, but I found neither hide nor hair of him.”
“No, not in the dark and in a storm,” Shamus said.MoreLess
Samuel, wearing a fat bandage around his head, stepped beside his father. “I can’t see a thing out there,” he said.
“Jacob can take care of himself,” Shawn said. “There’s nobody around better with a gun than he is.”
“That doesn’t mean a hill of beans when a rifle is trained on your back,” Shamus said. “You said you heard both rifle and revolver shots.” He turned his head. “Is that right, Luther?”
“Yeah, Colonel, I re...ckon that’s what we heard. When I went up there to help Jacob he was gone, and three Apaches lay dead on the ground.”
Shamus slapped the arm of his wheelchair with his open hand. “Damn it, where is he? Did other Apaches take him?”
“Colonel, you want I should go look for him again?” Luther said. “I was all over the mesa until it got too dark to see, but I found neither hide nor hair of him.”
“No, not in the dark and in a storm,” Shamus said.MoreLess
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