Echoes From the Campfire

Man has the power to melt your ears with all his bellyaching and whining.”                     –J. Lee Butts (Bad Blood)         “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”          …

Echoes From the Campfire

You never know who that stranger might be.”                     –Lou Bradshaw  (Comin’ Home)          “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness…

Echoes From the Campfire

His lips were cracked and his eyes red-rimmed, and he wanted to quit. He wanted to, but knew he could not and would not.”                     –Louis L’Amour  (Last Stand at Papago Wells)          “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the…

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Charlie and I met with Wallace, the president of the bank, along with two of the major mine managers.  I suggested that they send out notices to hire a city marshal and a town doctor.  I didn’t think they would have much problem filling either position, but they would have to be careful with the…