Ralph Compton Whiskey River (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
June 25, 1866. After four long years they were coming home. Mark Rogers and Bill Harder had much in common. While still young men, they had “learned cow” together in south Texas. When they were of age, they each had “proved up” on a half section of land, just north of Waco, on opposite banks of the Brazos River. The combined half sections were an ideal spread, with the Brazos providing abundant water. But when the war came and Texas seceded, Mark and Bill answered the call of the Confederacy, each just a few days shy of twenty-five. Now, after four long years of war, they neared Waco. They were self-conscious, for they were dressed in rags, which had once been the proud uniforms of the Confederacy. Neither man was armed, and for lack of saddles they rode mules bareback. Mark Rogers and Bill Harder were as gaunt as the animals they rode. When they rode in, Waco didn’t look any different, but somehow, it felt all wrong. They reined up before Bradley’s Mercantile. Ab Bradley had known them all their lives, and as they entered the store, he came limping to meet them.
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