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Submitted to Contest #204
The Four Horsemen (Part 1) They came in riding hard and fast. It was over just as quick. My parents didn’t have a chance. My pa, not a hard man per say, but a farmer, man of the earth. He was no slouch having fought Indians and outlaws to protect his family and homestead. He did not carry a pistol as there had been no trouble for many years. He was caught purely by surprise and my mother also. She was in the house doing her chores as she normally did. I saw it all from the fields between the house and the river. I didn’t want to watch but co...
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