... and if you meet her and if you're brave enough to ask, she will tell you a story.” A burst of sparks flew from the fire, and sound exploded around them. Rivka's stomach lurched. She clung to Cat as the whispering voices grew into 173.
“I will tell you the story of the Gray Lady if you think you're brave enough to hear it.” Rivka shuddered, and across the fire, Lauren's eyes grew big and round. “She was not always the Gray Lady. Once, a long time ago, she was a girl ...
The Fortune family lost their mother, twin daughters and their ranch. They decide to go to the Black Hills and start a new life. Samuel takes a different path, robbing trains etc. and found himself in prison.
"War changes people. For the Fortune family of Coryell County, Texas, the changes were drastic. The ranch was lost, mother and twin daughters died, and the family drifted north to the Black Hills."--Page 4 of cover.
"--P. [4] of cover. Long Trail Home A weary soldier returns from the War Between the States to Discover his parents dead, his family farm in shambles, and his fiancee married.