Texas trails book 3, p.18
Texas Trails Book 3, page 18
Charlie didn’t say anything more. He nodded an absentminded good-bye, and quickly left the saloon and returned to his office. He sat down at the desk and took off the sheriff’s badge, putting it down in front of him. Taking a piece of paper, pen, and inkbottle from the drawer, he began to write out his resignation as the sheriff of Stavanger, Texas. When he finished, he went to the gunrack for his carbine and walked out on the boardwalk.
Dinah walked into the office, stopping by the door. “When are you coming back?”
“I’m afraid working for Cap’n Charlie Delano is gonna be a permanent part o’ my life, darling,” Guy said. “I don’t think I’ll be coming back.”
“I won’t be married to some wandering Ranger,” Dinah said angrily. “I won’t wait for you, Guy Tyrone.”
“I didn’t figger you would,” Guy said. “But it’s something I got to do. If you won’t have it that way, it just ain’t meant to be.”
“Good-bye,” Dinah said. “And to tell you the truth, I’m not surprised.”
“I reckon I’m not either,” Guy said. He grinned wryly. “It looks pretty certain that I’m gonna end up a lonely ol’ bachelor Ranger cap’n like Charlie.”
“I don’t give a damn how you end up,” Dinah said. She calmed down. “I didn’t mean that. I’m sorry. You’ll always be somebody special to me, Guy.”
“That’s the way I feel about you, Dinah,” Guy said. “So long and good luck.”
Dinah made no reply. She quickly turned and walked hack to the saloon in slow, sad steps.
Guy watched her for a couple of moments, then went on down the street toward the livery stable.
“I wonder if I’ll reach Charlie Delano before Gideon Magee does,” he mused to himself.
About the Author
Patrick Andrews was born in Oklahoma in 1936 into a family of pioneers who participated in its growth from the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory to statehood. His father’s family were homesteaders and his mother's cattle ranchers. Consequently, he is among the last generation of American writers who had contacts with those people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Patrick’s wife Julie says he both speaks and writes with an Oklahoma accent.
He is an ex-paratrooper, having served in the 82nd Airborne Division in the active army and the 12th Special Forces Group in the army reserves. Patrick began his writing career after leaving the army. He and his better half presently reside in southern California. He has a son Bill, who is an ex-paratrooper and a probation officer, and two grandchildren.
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