I must stick to Dad....

or kill myself ?" Ellen rode Spades back to the ranch.

She rode like the wind.

When she swung out of the trail into the open meadow in plain sight of the ranch her appearance created a commotion among the loungers before the cabin.
She rode Spades at a full run.
"Who's after you ?" yelled her father, as she pulled the black to a halt.

Jorth held a rifle.