Chapter 14: HomecomingThe next morning, Daniel and Collins pulled to a halt at the top of the rise and looked down at the MacDonald headquarters. Gerde's directions had been simple and easy to follow. Since Daniel had visited with Kasper before leaving, her normally dour features were lighted by a smile. With Gerde it was difficult to tell as the lips looked stretched into an unnatural position and her eyes betrayed little in the way of emotion as she told them, “Just follow the road towards the South. The first trail to the left will be the Rolfe's and the first trail to your right runs straight to Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald's home.”
They were looking down at a prosperous spread. In the corrals someone was riding a bucking horse and took a tumble as they watched. A larger man went to the one
