{"product_id":"kane-canyon-ranch-9798224726752","title":"Kane Canyon Ranch","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecently released from the army, with a medical discharge, Whit Wadsworth was, after a dose of Spanish flu had laid him low for almost a year. Where he had been a strapping 180 pounds, he was now a staggering, stumbling 150. Upon his discharge, he had caught a train out of El Paso for Benson. Upon arriving there, he had worked his way north along the San Pedro River. Over the course of a month or so, he found himself on the banks of the Gila River. He was almost out of grub. This morning, he had made a pot of coffee and fried a small slab of bacon. He figured he had one more good meal. He needed a job, but knew he wasn't strong enough to do a full day's work. Well, if he couldn't get a job, maybe a free meal. \u003cbr\u003eAs he reached the top of the mountain, he saw below him, a house and barn with corrals. As he rode closer, he could see a woman dressed in a denim shirt over a pair of split riding skirts. They fell to the top of shop-made calfskin boots. The woman's hair had once been a honey blonde, but was now showing a little gray, at middle age she still held a fair figure and a face with no wrinkles. But above all that, Whit was worried, for strapped around her waist was a pistol. A lump came to his throat as he approached. He fairly needed a meal and a place to sleep, but this ranch woman looked hard as nails. He stopped twenty feet from the house and removed his hat. \"Good afternoon Ma'am, is your man about?\" \u003cbr\u003e\"No, I don't have a man. Not anymore, he's buried over in Globe. This is my ranch. What can I do for you?\" She wasn't unpleasant, but still had a firm tone to her. \u003cbr\u003e\"I'm just out of the army, looking for a job. I've come a fair piece. Would ya have anything a man could do for a meal?\" Whit was leaning on his saddle horn while he spoke. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Outlaws Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871750361362,"sku":"9798224726752","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_021ff1eb-a114-4435-b3bf-8c6d6d1a719e.jpg?v=1737849991","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kane-canyon-ranch-9798224726752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}