Double-crossed at Cactus Flats: An Up2U Western Adventure

Double-crossed at Cactus Flats: An Up2U Western Adventure — page 5
wasn’t sure that Bull had a right to the silver claim But if it wasn’t for Bull where would Archer be The prospector had kept him safe In addition to all those outlaws the Arizona desert was home to unfriendly Apache warriors Bull knew how to watch for signs of trouble Archer didn’t Six months before Archer had been in school in Oklahoma But on his fourteenth birthday January 29 1882 his father had told him that they were going West They would join the gold rush and soon be rich Now Archer was an orphan His father had died after a long sickness on the trail He was buried back in Texas Archer had made it to Arizona on his own That’s where he met Bull Bull also had the idea of striking it rich And this week Bull and Archer had found success