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Ferrell occupied the afternoon hours by directing three workers at the bank building. It was time for final touches. Two of the men hammered up notices along one side wall, while the third, Lonnie Haught, brought in stools from a wagon parked behind the building and arranged them behind the three teller cages.
When Lonnie had finished his task, Ferrell caught his eye and beckoned him into the office.
“You’ve done a fine job today, Mr. Haught,” he said, sitting behind his large desk and gesturing for Lonnie to take a seat. “I admire a man who works as hard as you do.” He paused while he prepared a cigar and struck a match. After a moment, satisfied with his efforts, he blew out the smoke he'd inhaled and looked at Lonnie again. “Didn’t I see you with a pistol the day I arrived in town?”
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Bestselling author Marsha Ward wrote the novella, Faith and the Foreman, in the best-selling Timeless Romance Anthology Old West Collection. She is the author of an acclaimed novel series featuring the Owen family. Book 4, Spinster's Folly, won the 2013 USA Best Book Award for Western Fiction, and recently was named Finalist in Western Fiction in the 2014 International Book Awards. A former journalist, Ward has published over 900 articles, columns, poems and short stories. She is the founder of American Night Writers Association, a.k.a. ANWA.
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