Middle of Nowhere Page #4

all the way in.

The going gets pretty rough

for quite a while

before we get to water.

It seems like

it always does.

Up here!

Up here.

That's that eastern girl,

isn't it?

Yeah.

Pick up her horse.

What happened?

My horse stumbled. I fell.

Trying to ride straight

up the side of a mountain

isn't the smartest thing

in the world to do.

I didn't think it would be.

What'd you have in mind?

Going into those

mountains alone?

I am going into these mountains.

My father's in there

and I'm gonna find him.

Say, your father's name

wouldn't be MacKay

by any chance, would it?

MacKay? Of course not.

It's Fraser.

Look, we're...

We're going on in there.

You know, we can't let her just

go on by herself.

Why can't we take her with us?

Thank you.

Well, looks like my mind's

been made up for me.

Oh, but boss...

Look.

If I had a choice, I'd send

you back to Endicott right now.

With him.

You think you can manage

to sit your horse?

Well, she's riding with them,

we're riding after them.

Plan's working out, Banning.

Yeah, just like

you planned it.

Yeah, well, let's go.

We wouldn't want them

to get lost.

You know, traveling hasn't been

too bad so far.

We're past the worst part of it.

I think we ought to be able

to get our herd through here,

don't you?

Yeah, sure, I guess so.

Well, come morning,

Mr. Favor,

we got three

or four more hours' ride

before we get to water.

Well, fine.

Oh!

Oh...! Oh!

Oh.

I suppose

I behave foolishly.

It was probably just a coyote

or something.

No, that was "just"

a mountain lion.

You know, for somebody

who scares easy,

you sure get in some

strange places.

Oh, l...

I just felt like being alone.

Felt like remembering

my father.

The way he was

the last time I saw him.

He was very tall.

Almost as tall as you are.

And very gentle.

He was educated in Edinburgh

and was teaching in Boston.

He was a geologist

and a mining engineer.

Everyone said he had

a brilliant career ahead of him.

And what happened to him?

Well, he took me

on an excursion one day.

Left my mother alone

in the cabin.

And the lamp overturned

and the cabin burned down.

He started drinking

very heavily after her death.

I guess he felt guilty

about leaving her alone.

And then he gave up

his teaching job

and sent me to live

with an aunt and uncle.

And then he just

disappeared.

He went west.

There were a few letters

at first,

but then none at all.

What makes you think

he's in Texas?

Well, I got a letter

from him two months ago.

You mean, he told you to come

out here alone like this?

Oh, no.

He just wanted to know

if I was happy

and if everything was all right.

But in it he mentioned

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