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The Horse Thief and the Lady
by
Denzel Holmes
Tall, serious-faced Mitt Stone runs away from the ranch
and takes a freight job from Uvalde to the West. He is
determined to make money and meet up with his buddy
Bob Guthrie on the road. At Fort Davis he meets Lydia
Lorrain, but Mitt fails the mother’s test.

He and Bob find a niche: buying mules cheap and
selling them to the stage and freight line, but the Civil
War has destroyed currency, and the draft looms. In San
Antonio, Mitt’s brother Sam has converted their paper to
gold. With their buddy M.L. Carter they strike out for
Mexico, only to have their gold confiscated by thieving,
murdering Confederate Captain Richard Matlock.

Mitt returns from the war fully a man. Two passions
drive him: revenge on Matlock and the longing to gain
Lydia’s favor. Finding Lydia seems too easy at first. Now
he must risk her life and his entire family to face Mat
ISBN: 978-1-932695-86-1
Rated PG-13
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