But after Bulls-Eye had vehemently nixed Itchy s suggestion to seek shelter, no one else in the gang had thought it wise to complain. No one wanted to be pegged a coward. No one wanted to tempt Bulls-Eye’s wrath.That included Elroy. His cousin’s mood had turned as dangerous as the storm. Elroy knew without asking that he was obsessed with the possibility that Frankie Hart was his daughter. He was obsessed with catching up with Boston Garrett and snatching her away. At any cost.The gang paid for that obsession somewhere around midnight when Snapper and his horse stumbled blindly into a gully and got swept away by raging waters. Only then had Bulls-Eye relented. With one man down, they took shelter in a sheepherder’s home. Elroy almost wished they’d kept riding. He feared for the owner and his young wife’s lives. Itchy and Boyd had blindfolded and dragged the sheepherder into the barn, where they’d left him tied up in a stall. His woman lay blindfolded and tied to their bed. Mule had gagged her so the gang wouldn’t have to listen to her cries as they raided the couple’s kitchen.
