CA ranch crew. Like their employer, the CA cowhands were notorious for their reckless and occasionally dangerous behavior. Living in the company of such men, all older than himself, he had become quick to take offense and well able, eager even, to prove he could draw his guns with lightning speed and shoot very accurately. It had seemed only a matter of time before one shootout too many would see him branded as a killer and fleeing from the law with a price on his head. Fortunately for Waco, that day did not come! From the moment Captain Dustine Edward Marsden “Dusty” Fog saved the youngster’s life, at considerable risk to his own, a change for the better had come.4 Leaving Allison, with the blessing of the Washita curly wolf who wanted to see him attain a better life, Waco had become a member of the OD Connected’s floating outfit.5 The other members of this elite group had treated him like a favorite younger brother and had taught him their respective specialized skills. Mark Counter gave him instruction in bare handed combat.
