Firestick. William W. Johnstone

      

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      FIRESTICK

      WILLIAM W. JOHNSTONE

       with J. A. Johnstone

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      Table of Contents

      Also by Title Page Copyright Page CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35 CHAPTER 36 CHAPTER 37 CHAPTER 38 CHAPTER 39 CHAPTER 40 CHAPTER 41 CHAPTER 42 CHAPTER 43 CHAPTER 44 CHAPTER 45 CHAPTER 46 CHAPTER 47 CHAPTER 48 CHAPTER 49 Teaser chapter

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      Copyright © 2018 J. A. Johnstone

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      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. To the extent that the image or images on the cover of this book depict a person or persons, such person or persons are merely models, and are not intended to portray any character or characters featured in the book.

      PUBLISHER’S NOTE

      Following the death of William W. Johnstone, the Johnstone family is working with a carefully selected writer to organize and complete Mr. Johnstone’s outlines and many unfinished manuscripts to create additional novels in all of his series like The Last Gunfighter, Mountain Man, and Eagles, among others. This novel was inspired by Mr. Johnstone’s superb storytelling.

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      ISBN: 978-0-7860-4593-8

      Electronic edition:

      ISBN-13: 978-0-7860-4023-0 (e-book)

      ISBN-10: 0-7860-4023-8 (e-book)

      CHAPTER 1

      There was a time when Elwood McQueen considered wading into a good brawl with fists, feet, and elbows flying to be about as much fun as a fella could have with his britches still on. But those days were mostly past . . . Mostly.

      And so it was, on a sunny afternoon in April when he got word of a ruckus breaking out in the Silver Spur