01308cam a2200241 4500 102303262 TxAuBib 20090610120000.0 090610s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781932695861 14.95 1932695869 14.95 (OCoLC)401145752 TxAuBib Holmes, Denzel. The Horse Thief and the Lady / Denzel Holmes. Siera Vista, AZ : Sundowners, 2009. 339 p. ; 21 cm. Tall, serious-faced Mitt Stone runs away from the ranch and takes a freight job from Uvalde to the West. He is determined to make money and meet up with his buddy Bob Guthrie on the road. At Fort Davis he meets Lydia Lorrain, but Mitt fails the mother's test. He and Bob find a niche: buying mules cheap and selling them to the stage and freight line, but the Civil War has destroyed currency, and the draft looms. In San Antonio, Mitt's brother Sam has converted their paper to gold. With their buddy M.L. Carter they strike out for Mexico, only to have their gold confiscated by thieving, murdering Confederate Captain Richard Matlock. 20091201. Pioneers -- Fiction. Western stories. TXCAN