Wind Drifters
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Yanni had his back against a support beam and Pap saw that he had a Colt revolver in his right hand and a tomahawk in his left. Anyone could see that Yanni was not going to back down and this day would most likely end in bloodshed. Jebediah Donaldson was using a chair to half hold himself up. It was obvious that the bullet hole in his foot Yanni had gifted him with the week before hadn’t stopped paining him yet. “I’m gonna kill ya for what ya did to my Tom!” Old man Donaldson yelled. “Let’s do it Pa. Let’s kill him for what he done,” The other said. “Yanni stood unflinching and as expressionless as a slab of granite. William slowly made his way around Mr. Todd and motioned for him to keep quiet all the while hoping that Yanni’s two assailants never looked in their direction. After taking several steps Pap was standing a couple of feet behind the support beam Yanni had his back to. Yanni sensed that there was someone behind him but dared not take his eyes off of the Donaldsons. Pap eased his Colt into his right hand and slowly took the Remington pocket pistol out with his left. He gave a quick wink at Jebediah Donaldson who chanced a glance at him and smiled when he started to point the pistols at Yanni. Jebediah Donaldson didn’t know who the stranger was but he was happy to have an ally in the fight. Yanni was about to explode into action when he saw Donaldson smile. “Well, we neet again Yanni Tali Ugi Dali,” came the familiar voice from behind him. “So I take it you haven’t seen the Pacific Ocean yet?” Bewilderment rushed over Jebediah’s face as he saw the stranger’s guns slowly move toward both him and his son. “But I thought…..who….who are you and what the hell ya doin?” Pap ignored the question but never took his eyes off of the two of them. “How do you want to play this hand Yanni?” “Depends,” Yanni answered. “On?” “ On what they want to do.”
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After having served his country for twelve years, four of which included duty during those turbulent years of the Civil War, William “Pap” Paprich has decided to retire from the restraints of military life. With no plans other than to travel the United States wherever the wind takes him, he decides to visit the one man he can honestly say he owes his life to, a half-breed Indian scout named Yanni Two Feathers.
Pap finds his friend embroiled in a struggle with local ruffians who dislike the fact that he served the Union rather than their beloved Confederacy. Just as things come to a boil, Pap gets a telegram from his sister begging for help. The family’s ranch and others surrounding it have been plagued with murders and rustled cattle by men who seemingly vanish into thin air. The local law enforcement is either unwilling or unable to bring justice to the lawlessness.
Plans are altered, and together William and Yanni make their way to Lawrence, Kansas, where skills once learned during the War Between the States will have to be called forth for the family’s survival.
About the Author
Samuel Galen Metro was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1964. For over twenty years he has been employed as a middle school U.S. History teacher in Florida. An avid collector and shooter of western-styled guns, both cap and ball and cartridge, as well as a collector of western artifacts, his lessons take on new heights when the subject of Westward Expansion is covered.