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Hawke: The Law of a Fast Gun [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
eBook by Robert Vaughan
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eBook Category: Historical Fiction
eBook Description:  A man haunted and changed by war--whose fingers are equally skilled in the arts of music and death--Mason Hawke has found a new home in Braggadocio, Nebraska. But a dustup in the local saloon has forced his hand, and now two bodies lie lifeless on the dirty floor--a situation an unscrupulous cattleman plans to use to his advantage. Like Hawke, Clint Jessup is running from his past. But Jessup's sins turned him hard and greedy?and he's willing to drain bone dry a town that's trying to build a future, if it puts an extra dollar in his pocket. The blood of a drifter named Mason Hawke is going to oil his money-making scheme. But it doesn't matter how many killers he sends Hawke's way, because the target plays by his own rules: draw first, shoot fast, and keep watching your back.
eBook Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc./PerfectBound, Published: 2006
Fictionwise Release Date: November 2006
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Chapter 1 St. Louis Globe
April 10, 1864 TERRIBLE RAID IN SIKESTON, MISSOURI
CONFEDERATE IRREGULARS KILL WOMEN
AND CHILDREN Special to the Globe—Intelligence received by this newspaper says that thirty-seven people were killed when Rebel raiders invaded the town of Sikeston, Missouri. It is said that the leader of the Rebels singled out all males between the age of sixteen and sixty, led them to the center of town and shot them before the eyes of their wives and children. It is not certain who led the raid, though initial reports stated that that the leader was none other than William Quantrill. However, subsequent information suggests that it was more likely either "Bloody Quint" Wilson or Jesse "the Executioner" Cole. The attack, it is said, took place just at sunrise, catching many of Sikeston's citizens during their morning ablutions. There appeared to be no military purpose to the raid, which resulted only in wanton killing and the looting and burning of homes. "Are you sure the train will stop here, Major?" Kincaid asked. "The train has to have water, doesn't it, Sergeant?" Jesse Cole replied. "I reckon so," Kincaid answered. Jesse pointed to the water tower that stood alongside the railroad tracks. "Well, there's the water. That means the train will stop." Jesse climbed up the rock-covered berm and stood on the track, looking back toward the east. "I sure wish it was a little darker, though." The full moon made it almost as light as day, making the twin ribbons of steel gleam softly. "Hey, Jesse, do you really think there is Yankee gold on that train?" Gus asked. "It's Major Cole, not Jesse," Kincaid said, correcting him. "I didn't mean no disrespect or nothin'," Gus said. "But technically, he ain't no major. The Confederate Congress ain't never give him a commission." "No, but West Point did, and that's good enough for me," Kincaid said. "West Point is a Yankee school," Gus said. "Robert E. Lee went to West Point," Kincaid said. "Yeah, I guess you're right," Gus agreed. "So, what about it, Major? Do you really think there is Yankee gold on the train?" "According to the letter that was on that courier we killed the other day, there is," Jesse said. "What are we going to do with it? I mean, with the Yankees all around us, there's no way we can give it to the Confederate cause." "We're Confederates, aren't we?" Jesse replied. "We'll just give it to ourselves." "Yeah!" Kincaid said. "Yeah, now I like that idea. I like that a lot!" Copyright © 2006 by Robert Vaughan.
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