MacDonald stirred the fire in the iron cook stove. Rolfe had not been at Schmidt"s Corner. He"d left Anna and Mina there after warning everyone of an impending raid and went in search of Rolfe. This was the third day. Time was running out and Rolfe was nowhere to be found. He didn"t think anyone could afford to hire a wolf hunter now. Had the man gone off to the Comanche tribe he visited? If so, there was nay telling when Rolfe twould return. He needed to be in Schmidt"s Corner with his counselor and lassie. He felt the raiders would burn his place, but they would be too many for him to defeat by himself. He threw a handful of chicory into the coffeepot and headed for the outhouse.
On his return he saw the outlines of men and horses on the road to the south. He veered to the north to be p
