Buffalo Falls: a western novel
Robert B. McNeill
- Northern
- Texas,
- July,
- 1878:
- ex-cavalrymen
- Amos
- Kane
- and
- Luke
- Fisher
- end
- a
- hard,
- three-day
- ride
- when
- they
- reach
- the
- frontier
- town
- of
- Buffalo
- Falls.
- The
- town
- is
- a
- busy
- railroad
- spur
- where
- cattle
- are
- shipped
- north
- and
- where
- cowmen
- get
- paid
- and
- take
- a
- few
- day’s
- break
- before
- returning
- south.
- Within
- weeks,
- Buffalo
- Falls
- will
- receive
- two
- large
- cattle
- drives,
- and
- the
- Farmer’s
- Mercantile
- Bank
- in
- the
- town
- is
- expecting
- an
- unusually
- large
- and
- secret
- cash
- shipment:
- 50,
- 000
- dollars.Amos
- Kane
- and
- Luke
- Fisher
- arrive
- in
- the
- town
- hoping
- to
- get
- taken
- on
- as
- drovers,
- but
- are
- offered
- the
- positions
- of
- marshal
- and
- deputy
- marshal
- instead.
- They
- accept,
- and
- expect
- the
- worst
- of
- their
- troubles
- will
- be
- keeping
- the
- peace
- when
- drunken
- drovers
- get
- a
- little
- rambunctious.
- They’re
- unaware,
- however,
- that
- a
- gang
- of
- ruthless
- outlaws
- led
- by
- Everett
- and
- Jeb
- Stark
- know
- about
- the
- payroll
- delivery.
- The
- Starks
- and
- their
- gang
- arrive
- in
- Buffalo
- Falls
- pretending
- to
- be
- ranchers
- heading
- south.
- Many
- of
- the
- town’s
- citizens
- believe
- their
- story,
- including
- pretty
- Sophia
- McLehose,
- who
- forms
- a
- romantic
- attachment
- with
- Everett
- Stark.Amos
- Kane
- and
- Luke
- Fisher
- suspect
- the
- Starks
- soon
- after
- they
- have
- a
- run-in
- with
- one
- of
- the
- gang.
- Before
- long,
- they
- discover
- the
- real
- reason
- for
- the
- outlaws’
- visit
- and
- the
- stage
- is
- set
- for
- violent
- confrontation.
- Can
- Kane
- and
- Fisher
- thwart
- Stark’s
- plans
- to
- steal
- the
- money?
- Or
- will
- the
- gang
- succeed
- and
- make
- good
- their
- escape?
- Buffalo
- Falls
- is
- a
- gripping
- action-filled
- Western
- that
- holds
- your
- attention
- from
- beginning
- to end.
