Empty Saddles

With the icy north wind whipping around his coat tails, Zachariah removed his hat and held it in front of him. As he stared down at the freshly dug mound of earth he uttered a silent prayer. He'd known the girl only briefly, yet somehow he felt a sense of guilt. Long Tom believed he'd done for them both, ' well he was wrong, and he was gonna pay ' thought the Ranger. Taking the reins of his horse he mounted and without looking back, rode off.

Thus begins a chain of events that will lead finally to the foothills of the Sierra Madre and those "Empty Saddles.".....