The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim
The Trail Never Ends
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The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim – The Trail Never Ends, Chapter Three: Slim’s Having of Old Leg Trip Upon hearing an unfamiliar voice in the big house, it was not but a small time before Mr. Tucker and Cap’n Stewart entered the foyer where Hap and the marshal were standing. Seeing the marshal’s badge, Mr. Tucker said, “Welcome Marshal, I am Oliver Tucker and this here is my segundo, Captain James Stewart. We are pleasured to have you here to the Tucker Spread, and I reckon you are come to us by some sort of business of the law, so how might we be of service to you?” Offering each man a handshake, the Marshal said, “Gentlemen, a goodly pleasure to make your acquaint, and to have of your welcome. As I was telling your man Hap here moments ago, I am in pursuit of a fugitive to fetch back to Arkansas to face a US Magistrate there. I have thus far tracked him to your place. Have you seen, received, or heard of him, a man known as Legget Tripling?”
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The Trail Never Ends, Montana Kid Hammer’s third novel in his series, trails Ornery and Slim into another set of high adventures; escapades that grow out of the very frontier that holds them fast. Ornery, a Civil War survivor turned veteran cowhand, and Slim, a young orphan from Philadelphia and a burgeoning cowman in his own right, partner up to ride for the brand handled simply as the O U T (Oh-Ewe-Tee) Spread. Their third season of cow crafting finds this pair in the company of, or referenced to, such historic old west personages as, Wyatt Earp, Teddy “Blue” Abbott, Crazy Horse, and Teddy Roosevelt. Ornery, Slim, and the other hands of the outfit experience such calamities as encounters with rustlers, prairie storms, unsavory saloon types, sheep wars, cantankerous US Army personnel, and wonderful womanly wiles that up the ante of their challenges and try both soul and gun hand. Kid’s Old West series is intended to rekindle fond recollections of Old West evenings sat around campfires to a passel of never before told bone rattling and hair-raising cowman tales. Offered is a unique opportunity to ‘ride’ back to those wild and wooly days of America’s western yesteryears.
About the Author
Montana Kid Hammer, Kid, is a Montana native, author and educator whose abode is nestled in the hills just north of Fairbanks, Alaska. He enjoys horseback riding, snow and water skiing, hunting, history studies, and traveling far flung across the American West. Kid has a family, is a retired military man, and has lived and traveled in the region of which he writes. Schooled at Eastern Montana College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute, the Community College of the Air Force and the Institute of Children's Literature, he is self-published locally in Fairbanks with an Old West short-story volume, several poetry volumes, and has sent submissions to Cowboy Chronicle of Single Action Shooting Society. Kid is also a nationally recognized novelist by his Ornery and Slim storybook series. He is an NRA Certified Instructor and Life member, a Life member of the Single Action Shooting Society, a Life member of the Golden Heart Shootist Society of Fairbanks, and holds a Colonelcy in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Kid teaches NRA Firearm Safety courses and the Alaska State Conceal Carry classes, does his Cowboy in the Classroom and US Civil War Living History presentations for folks of all ages as his way of sharing this most marvelous time in American history with peoples of the twenty-first century. He is richly blessed for his doing of such informative topics. Follow Kid’s many exploits at: www.montanakidhammer.com and on Face Book.