Terry O'Reilly

Store clerk Chadwick Algood dreams of leaving his small New England town and becoming Chad Armstrong, a cowboy living a life of adventure in the Wild West. However, Chad is the sole support of his widowed mother and younger sister, so knows his cowboy dreams may never be realized. Chad’s life is turned upside down when Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show comes to town and Chad meets Bo Miller, a roustabout with hopes and dreams of his own. A relationship quickly develops which deepens the young store clerk’s longing for his dream for a new life. Eventually, news from England sends Chad’s mother and sister across the Atlantic. Chad decides to stay in the US. Traveling from town to town in search of Bo and the Wild West show, Chad meets ranch owner Leon Scruggs in a bathhouse and feels an instant connection with the hot cowboy. Which cowboy dream will Chad choose? Or will fate choose for him?

Cowboy Dreams

Chad held them, looking at them as if they were pure gold.


Cody thanked the storekeeper and the clerk once more, then left.


“Well, don’t just stand there with your mouth open, hang the man’s poster,” Mr. Elderberry admonished.


Chad turned to his employer, holding out the show passes.


“You keep them,” the older man said. “I’m sure you’ll enjoy it more than I would.”


Chad couldn’t believe his good fortune. He was going to see the real, authentic Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. Carefully he put the treasured passes into his pants pocket.


Chapter 5