by Jonas Ward
“Up Scotstown!” cried a voice from the saloon, startling him out of his thoughts.
“Ay, it’s all over but the shoutin’!”
“Drink hearty, lads, Terhune is buyin’!”
Buchanan eased over to the door, looked in at the bar. They were all there, the Scotstown Regulars celebrating the victory over Gibbons’ Militia, and in their midst a fitting replacement for Mulchay.
“I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure,” he heard Hamlin say.
“I’m called Fargo. Fargo Johns.”
“You happened by at a fortunate time.”
“Happened, my eye! I came down off the mountain a’purpose.”
“From the mountain? Then you’re partners with Buchanan.”
“Was. Anybody seen him?”
“Most likely gone to the hotel to comfort the lass.”
“He’ll have to get in line then,” Fargo said. “When I left her Billy Neale was doin’ a fine job.”
“Tell me somethin’ out of curiosity,” Terhune said. “Was it you got her loose from the gunman or Billy?”
“It was him all the way. All I did was get him loose from the feller holdin’ him.”
“They’d make a good family,” Hamlin said. “MacKay’s niece and the Neale boy.”
“Once she gets over her notions about Buchanan. Say—didn’t somebody mention a drink? Or was I hearin’ things?”
Buchanan grinned, turned from his place at the door and moved across the room. He opened a window and let himself out into the dark night, began walking in search of a stray horse he could borrow. If he rode steady he’d be in Lajitas by tomorrow sundown. Get himself doctored there and push on.
And this time he was going all the way to San Francisco.
About the Author
William Ard was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 8 1922. After studying at Dartmouth College, he enlisted in the Marines. Released back into civilian life in his late twenties, he decided to devote himself to writing, and his first novel, The Perfect Frame, appeared in 1951. It marked the debut of his continuing character of Timothy Dane, a New York private investigator who would go on to appear in a further nine novels.
In 1953, Ard moved to Clearwater, Florida, and it is here where he wrote most of his 30 novels. In 1959, he created two new characters, Danny Fontaine and Lou Largo (Largo was also a private investigator based in New York). Ard also completed two Lou Largo novels; the remainder were written by Lawrence Block and John Jakes.
Under the pseudonym ‘Jonas Ward’, the author wrote six novels in the BUCHANAN western series, the last, Buchanan on the Prod, completed after his death on March 12 1960, by Robert Silverberg. The series was later continued by Brian Garfield and William R. Cox, and are all available through Piccadilly Publishing.
The Buchanan Series
By Jonas Ward
Buchanan’s War
Trap for Buchanan
Buchanan’s Gamble
Buchanan’s Siege
Buchanan on the Run
Get Buchanan
Buchanan Takes Over
Buchanan Calls the Shots
Buchanan’s Big Showdown
Buchanan’s Texas Treasure
Buchanan’s Stolen Railway
Buchanan’s Manhunt
Buchanan’s Range War
Buchanan’s Big Fight
Buchanan’s Black Sheep
Buchanan’s Stage Line
Buchanan’s Gun
The Name’s Buchanan
Buchanan Says No
Buchanan: One Man Massacre
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