Pete Weber
THE COWBOY RANGE DETECTIVE
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On his way home later he thinks back about his first case that he has covered by himself. An Indian is caused of murder and robbery of a trading post. While getting information from the Indian agent, Pete becomes aquatinted with an Indian policeman. The two men team up to hunt for the killer, only to find out, they are searching for the wrong man. A French Canadian trapper is the man they want. This man, they find out the hard way, is ruthless and a man of little morals. Charlie White Horse is wounded terribly by being tortured by the Frenchman, and in the end the Frenchman is finally killed when he refuses to surrender. His second case ends with the sharing of a Christmas meal. When a gang of Rustlers needed food, they go to the ranch house from where they plan to steal the food and then the cattle. Part of the gang is sent to the house to take only food and blankets, but one of the men decides he can’t leave with out the young teenage daughter. It’s December and extremely cold when Pete arrives at the ranch. Many cold days and nights later, Pete is able capture the gang members one by one. When the girl is returned to her home, the mother invites Pete and a young deputy that ends up helping, to spend Christmas day with them. It’s a day he’ll long remember.
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Pete was just a boy when his father, a town marshal, was shot down while he was on duty. His mother so heart broken, couldn’t resign herself to the death, and she died of a broken heart only months later. An older rancher in the area took Pete in and treated him as a son. Teaching him the ranching business, and giving him the run of the ranch. After he had been on the ranch a few years, he was introduced to a man, a range detective that came to town in search of some outlaws. Pete always had in the back of his mind that he wanted to go after the men that had killed his dad, and this man showed him the way. The detective was better equipped to get on the track of the outlaws and follow them wherever it took him. Pete had pledged to himself that he would never be a town marshal that was stuck to a limited area he could search. After listening to the detective talk about his cases, Pete worked up enough courage to ask the man if he could come home with him and learn the trade. He promised that he would earn his way on the ranch while he was training. Much to his surprise, the man agreed and this started Pete’s carrer, both as a rancher, and as a detective.
About the Author
After I retired, I needed something to do. I never was good at writing, but I do love to read. After reading several books that I didn’t think were written very well, I decided to try my hand at it. I’m seventy-seven years old and don’t know how to type, but with two fingers, I’ve been able to get along. I grew up in a small town in northern Colorado. After high school, I enlisted in the navy. I became an electrician, and after four years, I came out and worked on a ranch for a while. With a wife and two kids, I found that ranch work didn’t pay very well. I’ve worked at a cement plant, and after a big layoff, I went on to become a machinist. There I found that the fluids they used affected me. I was forced to quit and found myself as manager of a large off-campus apartment complex. This I did for nineteen years and retired from there. My wife and I are both retired, and mostly we enjoy our free time. When I’m stumped in my writing, I have been teaching myself to paint. The few people that have read my works thought they were fun to read.