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By Louis L'Amour

The tale was once that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, yet Mike Shevlin knew it couldn’t be precise: the fellow who’d been like a father to him were a Quaker. but if Shevlin rides again to Rafter Crossing to discover the reality, he reveals that the quiet ranching neighborhood has develop into a booming mining city. Newfound wealth has no longer made Rafter a relaxed position, despite the fact that, and the odor of worry and greed is thick within the air. As Mike Shevlin attempts to solve the secret of Patterson’s dying, he's led deeper and deeper right into a conspiracy that controls not just the destiny of Rafter Crossing however the center of an attractive yet tormented younger woman—and Shevlin’s personal future.

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Now when Rachel looked at the earliest squares and their designs, she saw more than a quilt. Sarah had made 31 a stitched record of her journey from slavery to freedom. “Sarah sewed many quilts for many people for many reasons,” Grandma said. “I’m told that she started this quilt on the day she reached freedom. ” “I understand, Grandma,” Rachel whispered, her eyes bright with pride.

It took her months to reach Canada— months of sheer terror and exhaustion, every hour of every day fearing injury or capture or death. “She set foot on Canadian soil on her twentieth birthday,” Grandma said. Rachel felt her heart pounding. Grandma chuckled. “On Saturday, I asked your mother to leave the birthday quilt with me,” she said. “I want you to look at it again. ” Together, they carefully unfolded the quilt. Now when Rachel looked at the earliest squares and their designs, she saw more than a quilt.

I remember seeing it when I was little. You’d open it and show me pictures inside. I thought it was so neat the way it opened. ” Grandma opened the locket. “This is Sarah,” she said, pointing to the old 29 sepia-colored photograph. “And that’s her husband,” Grandma added. ” Rachel drew her breath in sharply. She reached out to touch the glass over the photo. The people in the photograph had meant nothing until now. But today—maybe for the first time in her life—Rachel felt a close link with her many-times-great-grandparents.

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