The Fence Rider's Horse Turned Off the Trail — Into the Valley He Came From

Cora Delaney had ridden fence behind Lantern for six years, and he had never once left the trail. Then, in gather season, with a helicopter working the far country, he turned in at a juniper gap she had passed a hundred times — toward a still valley, a spring pond, and a hidden band that was not supposed to be there.