Chapter 14Taking refuge in John’s stable rather than his house, Gabriel settled behind bales of straw after enjoying some of John’s wife’s good home cooking. He’d refused to stay in the house despite her urging, wanting to keep his friends as safe as possible, even though he was certain no one could possibly have recognised as Gabe Fletcher the dusty tramp trotting behind John.
Ben had ridden off to let Gabriel’s father know he was safe, and Jack and Zeb had gone home, the two old-timers chuckling about their part in things. Jesse had planned on going back to the hotel to wait, although he refused to let the sheriff know anything, not until he’d faced Texas Red.
Gabriel found he couldn’t think of the outlaw as Joseph Johnson. He’d met Joseph Johnson. Heck, the man was around the same age
