Ofe, Johnny, my dearest love, she thought with determination, it's too late for me to help Seth, but it's not too late to save you. Frances let Eddie go with the conductor to get the telegraph equipment Before he left, she patted his shoulder. "I'm glad you're here, Eddie." She attempted to calm the children, whose fear had blossomed into excitement as they discussed what had happened. "Seth Connally wasn't a preacher," she told them. "He pretended to be so the police wouldn't find and arrest him." "What's going to happen to him, Miss Kelly?" Aggie asked. *TheyTl shoot him," Jessie said matter-of-factly. Frances shuddered. "Oh, no, Jessie. If Mr. Con-nally's caught hell be arrested, along with his brothers. They'll be tried before a judge and jury. If they're found guilty, they'll probably be locked up in jail where they can't rob anyone else." Frances tried not to think about Seth. If he was imprisoned again, his bitterness and hatred and desire for revenge were bound to grow.
