She wasn't putting on an act. I could see she was remorseful.I sat in my chair as Ardele comforted my mother, a myriad of thoughts going through my mi...nd. How did I really feel about all this? Should I let bygones be bygones? Should I ask her to leave and never return? That didn't feel right, but I couldn't tell what did. What was I to do about this unexpected surprise?"When are you going back to Toronto?" I asked."I'm going to be here for a couple of weeks, looking for a place to live. I'm not. . heavy haulers all.The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the Park Service bought Town Wagons, Power Wagons, D200 and D350 pickups in two and four wheel drive ... and stick shift.They weren't fancy ... a glovebox door, a heater and an AM radio were the extent of luxury. But they were ALL sturdy and they went ANYWHERE.The Airforce bought Town Wagons and Four by Four pickups by the hundreds, so did the Navy.The Army was still into big trucks and little jeeps.In Armadillo, the Airforce. Joshua McBride had escaped from jail in Laredo and was reputed to be headed for El Paso. Caleb was the nearest federal marshal who was not otherwise involved in a case, so Judge Hughes sent him after McBride. McBride was accused of kidnapping teenage girls and selling them to brothels in Mexico, a very profitable business if the perpetrator was ruthless enough, and McBride was! There was no question of McBride's guilt, the trial was just a formality before he was hanged.McBride had killed the. I found their camp site an hour later and followed the tracks out. One of the elves took over and it was another hour before he stopped and looked back. I could hear the fight and kicked my horse into a run.We broke out of the woods and I saw the goblins around the farmhouse in front of me. I let the horse run and yelled, “SINCLAIR!”I dropped off the horse at the last moment and let it crash into the goblins crowding around the front of the house. I pulled my blades as I swept into them and.