Jewel of the Pacific (47 page)
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Authors: Linda Lee Chaikin
CAPTIVE TRAIL
Taabe Waipu has stolen a horse meant for a dowry and is fleeing her Comanche village in Texas. While fleeing on horseback she has an accident and must complete her flight on foot. Injured and exhausted, Taabe staggers onto a road near Fort Chadbourne and collapses.
On one of his first runs through Texas, Butterfield Overland Mail Company driver Ned Bright is escorting two nuns to their mission station. They come across Taabe who is nearly dead from exposure to the sun and exhaustion. Ned carries her back with them and begins to investigate Taabe Waipu’s identity.
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THE LONG TRAIL HOME
Riley Morgan returns home after fighting in the War Between the States and there is nothing he wants more than to see his parents and fiancée again. He soon learns that his parents are dead and the woman he loved is married. To get by, Riley takes a job at the Wilcox School for the blind.
At the school Riley meets a pretty blind woman named Annie, who threatens to steal his heart even as he fights to keep it hidden away. When a greedy man attempts to close the school, Riley and Annie band together to stop him and start falling in love. But Annie has kept a secret from Riley. When he learns the unwelcome truth, Riley packs his belongings and prepares to leave the school that has become his home.
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