“Thank you, miss. Now where would you like to go?”
Maggie put her hat on and tugged it down. “Guess I need a string on this thing. Let’s follow the stream up to the hills. There used to be buffalo bones up there.”
Alex grinned. “Let’s go. We just have to be back by noon.” He glanced up at the sun.
Maggie fumbled inside her collar and pulled out the pendant watch her mother made her wear when she went out. It had a pretty enameled flower design on the back. She wouldn’t mind, except that she had to wear it. She’d have liked it better if Mama didn’t remind her all the time.
“It’s not even ten o’clock. We’ve got ages.” She set out gleefully, her heart singing. A friend. She would try not to think of him as a cute boy. But she could hardly wait to tell Carlotta about him.
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LONE STAR TRAIL
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After Wande Fleischers’ fiancée marries someone else, the young fraulein determines to make new life for herself in Texas. With the help of Jud’s sister Marion, Wande learns English and becomes a trusted friend to the entire Morgan family. As much as Jud dislikes the German invasion, he can’t help admiring Wande. She is sweet and cheerful as she serves the Lord and all those around her. Can the rancher put aside his prejudice to forge a new future? Through Jud and Wande, we learn the powerful lessons of forgiveness and reconciliation among a diverse community of believers.
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CAPTIVE TRAIL
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Taabe Waipu has run away from her Comanche village and is fleeing south in Texas on a horse she stole from a dowry left outside her family’s teepee. The horse has an accident and she is left on foot, injured and exhausted. She staggers onto a road near Fort Chadbourne and collapses.
On one of the first runs through Texas, Butterfield Overland Mail Company driver Ned Bright carries two Ursuline nuns returning to their mission station. They come across a woman who is nearly dead from exposure and dehydration and take her to the mission. With some detective work, Ned discovers Taabe Waipu’s identity.
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THE LONG TRAIL HOME
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When Riley Morgan returns home after fighting in the War Between the States, he is excited to see his parents and fiancée again. But he soon learns that his parents are dead and the woman he loved is married. He takes a job at the Wilcox School for the Blind just to get by. He keeps his heart closed off but a pretty blind woman, Annie, threatens to steal it. When a greedy man tries to close the school, Riley and Annie band together to fight him and fall in love.
But when Riley learns the truth about Annie, he packs and prepares to leave the school that has become his home.
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