Chapter 30: Death in a Frontier TownMelissa waved to Eddie who was standing by the Constable's office before she entered Farren's Grocery Market. This was the town's newest store built across the street and kitty-cornered from the bank. “Plain dealing for plain folks,” Farren boasted.
Farren had left Kansas and headed north for the new cow country. He missed the trail crews and followers. The trail towns had withered without them, and farmers were a sober lot. Montana was still cow country and he felt a certain kinship for the rawness of the area. It was almost like Kansas once was. Farren, however, was a realist.
Like many people who lived through the drover era, Farren believed any town based on cattle economy would suffer violence. He kept two rifles, loaded and ready, one over the do
