From Hide And Horn (A Floating Outfit Book Number 5) - Plot & Excerpts
However, the urgent nature of the drive’s next phase soon pushed all thoughts of the incident from his and Dusty’s heads. To avoid complications, they passed the word that Heenan had deserted during the night. Filled with the knowledge of what lay ahead, the trail hands accepted the excuse and were not greatly interested in why the hardcase had gone. When the cattle started moving that morning, there began an epic journey in the history of the West. For years to come, the first crossing of the Staked Plains by a trail herd would be spoken of in awe. Certainly the people involved would never forget it. Just as Goodnight had warned, they kept going without a pause by day or night. At the point, Boiler Benson and Billy Jack took over the usual leaders. The giant strength of Mark and Ahlen was of more use with the drag. There they and other men tailed up steers which had fallen or just lay down to quit, or pushed aside the stronger steers to ease the path for the weaker. Masked by bandanas to try to keep the churned-up dust from clogging their nostrils and mouths, the remainder of the crew found work in plenty.
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