A brand new Western adventure from Paul L. Thompson! Ola Jane Barr was only forty years old but knew she was dying. Thirteen-year-old Stacy and twelve-year-old Kasy sat by the bedside, each holding one of her hands. In a very weak voice, Ola said, “Stacy, dear, I’m sorry to be leaving you so young. Now the farm is paid for and we don’t owe no one a dime. Never a mortgage, your dead father saw to that. Best you get Mort and Levi to sharecrop the fields. You and Kasy keep half, they keep half. “Load those guns and let no one run you off this place. Crooked men will come once they know I’m gone. I hope Casper and Virgil will stay a while. You have milk cows and plenty of chickens and the garden. Sell cream and eggs, trade them for food. Sell off the older cows every fall. You know where the money box is kept. Spend sparingly.” She turned her head and looked at Kasy who was sitting there, scared half to death. “Kasy, you’re a young man now. Do all you can to help your sister. Take care and love each other and stay strong.” She closed her eyes for the last time.