Chapter One The Returning Cavalryman

Not a rumor. Not a drunk's story told in a saloon. Real wealth, enough to make a railroad company kill, burn, and steal. The final pages were hurried and jagged. "They came with men. Crowe said the contract had taken effect and that the land belonged to Titan. He had the sheriff, a court clerk, and six gunmen with him. I refused to sign." "Mary told me to take William and run. I could not." "If I die, Jack, do not go to court. There is no law here. Do not rush toward revenge either. Find the mine first. A man without money owns nothing, not even his anger." Jack stared at that sentence. A man without money owns nothing, not even his anger. He closed the journal. Hoofbeats sounded outside. Not one horse. Three.