title: Texas Stories: Tales of Cowboys, Ranchers, and Assorted Characters
author: Craig Savoye
description: Craig Savoye was born in New Jersey and raised in California and Connecticut. He has had careers in journalism, government, business, public relations, and academia. He was a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, a corporate relations manager for a mainframe computer company in California's Silicon Valley, a public information officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and an assistant professor of mass communication at Principia College in Eslah, Illinois. He lives with his family in Saint Louis.
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  # Finding a bride for the cowboy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Emma Ashwood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0002.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0004.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0006.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0009.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 11](part0012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 12](part0013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 13](part0014.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 14](part0015.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 15](part0016.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 16](part0017.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 17](part0018.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 18](part0019.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0020.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _2 January 1882, San Antonio, Texas_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Most of the region was covered in snow, some suffering beneath a suffocating
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