It was just after one o’clock and all but one of her guests had already arrived and was now seated in the elegantly-furnished library, sipping tea, eating daintily cut, finger-sized sandwiches and discussing the topics of the day. Among them was a photographic journalist from the Illustrated Lond...
The regular train was not due until after lunch and the windows and doorways of the station and the balconies of the adjoining Harvey House were crowded with curious people. They had heard rumors that a special train was coming and had seen its smoke curling up from far off across the wasteland.M...
They rode past the holding-pens, the lowing of the densely packed cattle sounding like a desert wind, and turned onto Main Street. ‘Things haven’t changed much,’ Gabriel said. ‘Cattle still stink an’ most of ’em still wear a Double SS brand.’ ‘And Santa Rosa still owes its...
The streets were empty. But an angry crowd was gathered outside the old clapboard courthouse. Most of them were shouting and brandishing their fists at Sheriff Forbes and his four deputies who stood on the steps in front of the entrance, refusing to let any more people inside.Lawless reined up be...
Mule-drawn wagons were lined up twenty deep as the drivers waited their turn to unload their cargo onto the decks of the paddle-wheel steamers tied up along the riverbank. Wranglers shouted and cracked their long whips as they herded sheep and cattle up ramps leaned against the vessels. The bleat...