Mrs. Lone Star Ranch

The darkness was glittering, dust was rising from under the hooves. Six riders rolled up to the Rio Grande and entered the water. Side by side, they waded to the Texas shore. The horses snorted and bucked in the cold water. Jim Starbuck looked over his shoulder with the shot colt in his right hand and saw his pursuers, the Mexican cavalry. She appeared on the shore they had just left. Shots rang out and bullets lined the surface of the border river. Mike Hood, who was riding on his left side, turned in the saddle and fired a Colt at his pursuer...