Dark Trail
by Ed Gorman
2021-07-20 16:41:34
Leo Guild didn''t figure on running into his former wife Sarah again. Years earlier she''d left him for a gunfighter named Frank Evans. Guild is putting up in a river town, and hears Sarah is staying in a local hotel-she''s been looking for him. Leo'...
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Leo Guild didn''t figure on running into his former wife Sarah again. Years earlier she''d left him for a gunfighter named Frank Evans. Guild is putting up in a river town, and hears Sarah is staying in a local hotel-she''s been looking for him. Leo''s heart soars, until she tells him that Frank Evans has left her for a younger woman, Beth. Unfortunately for Frank, Beth''s former lover is also a gunfighter who has sworn to kill Evans. Sarah has forgiven Frank, and she wants Guild to broker a peace between the gunfighters so Frank can return to her, unharmed. At the same time, a rich man named Adair has caught wind of the conflict and he invites both gunfighters to his ranch for a birthday celebration-their gunfight will be the main attraction for the guests who are arriving from all over the country. The winner will get $10,000 and Beth, the loser... Guild reluctantly gets pulled into trying to stop the fight-but matters of the heart are never resolved simply and Guild has a foreboding sense that a tragic ending will be unavoidable.
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