A Texan Came Riding — Frank O'Rourke

VENGEANCE

Across eight hundred miles the Texan rode, his eyes searching, his gun ready. And with him always he carried the memory of the girl and the wrong that had been done her. Someday, he would put aside his gun. Someday, after he got his man -- Charles Malcolm.

But when he finally found him, he decided to bide his time. It wasn't enough to shoot him, not nearly enough. Malcolm was rich and respected, a power in the town. He must be shown up for the snake he really was.

The Texan would provoke him to violence. Malcolm would start it…the Texan would end it.