Chapter 33

“Shit! Today’s Tuesday!” Lee yelled and slapped his knee with his hat. He turned to remount Ranger and ran right into Sheriff Bidwell who had walked up behind him. Lee’s size and the speed of his turn almost knocked the man off his feet.

“Hold on there, man, what’s the emergency!”

Lee quickly told the sheriff the situation. “I’m gonna head um off and maybe they can make it to Ortonville!”

“Son,” said Bidwell kindly, with a restraining arm on his shoulder, “Ortonville is further North from here. They have to come through Bethel to get there.”

Lee was in a panic. What was he gonna do? He looked imploringly into the older man’s eyes.