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marycatelliBrionne by Louis L'Amour
A gang of crooks descend on Major James Brionne's home after he had seen to the death of one of their number. He's not there. His wife dies, his young son escapes, the house burns.
President Grant finds that Brionne is unwilling to do jobs for him. He takes his son Mat west, with plans to settle.
On the train, a grass fire causes him to meet several people -- a young woman whom he put in charge of Mat (telling his son to stay with her because she might be frightened), and a drifter known to be a good gunhand among them.
He also realizes that the gang was in the neighborhood. Purely by chance -- if being the location most easily gotten to by rail is chance, but they won't realize it.
It involves the woman's inheritance, a man her uncle staked, considerable amounts of stealth, and more.
A gang of crooks descend on Major James Brionne's home after he had seen to the death of one of their number. He's not there. His wife dies, his young son escapes, the house burns.
President Grant finds that Brionne is unwilling to do jobs for him. He takes his son Mat west, with plans to settle.
On the train, a grass fire causes him to meet several people -- a young woman whom he put in charge of Mat (telling his son to stay with her because she might be frightened), and a drifter known to be a good gunhand among them.
He also realizes that the gang was in the neighborhood. Purely by chance -- if being the location most easily gotten to by rail is chance, but they won't realize it.
It involves the woman's inheritance, a man her uncle staked, considerable amounts of stealth, and more.