THE LEGEND OF JOSHUA ALAN & KAYLEIGH FAITH

Hi folks, this is Two Texas Paw Paw with a story for you about the old west, A lot of stories have been written about the old west, some are true and some are fiction, but, after you hear this story, you be the judge as to whether it could have really happened in another life time. Cowboys back in the old west use to stay busy herding cattle on long drives from Abilene to Wichita, having fights in the local saloons, shooting up the town. But the days of the outlaws, the gunfighters, and the local town marshall is a thing of the past. Well this the story of a young cowboy named Joshua Alan, not just any cowboy but a very special cowboy. And his lady friend, not just any lady friend but a very special lady friend named Kayleigh Faith. And this is how that story goes.-----NOW JOSHIE WAS A COWBOY WORKING ON CATTLE RANCHES OUT IN WEST TEXAS. AT THIS PERTICULAR TIME HE WAS WORKING ON THE MCGEEHEE RANCH JUST OUTSIDE OF SLATON TEXAS. THE RANCH WAS OWNED BY A MR MCGEEHEE WHOM THEY CALLED DEN DEN, AND HIS WIFE LIBBY. THEY PAID THEIR COWHANDS $5.00 A MONTH, ALL THEIR MEALS WERE FURNISHED AND A NICE BUNKHOUSE TO SLEEP IN. JOSH WAS WORKING TRYING TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FULFILL A LIFETIME DREAM HE HAD HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD. AT THE END OF ONE MONTH HE TOLD DEN DEN OF HIS DREAM, SO THE NEXT MORNING BRIGHT AND EARLY, DEN DEN AND HIS WIFE LIBBY HOOKED UP THE BUCKBOARD AND CARRIED JOSH INTO TAHOKA TO THE STAGE DEPOT. THEY ARRIVED LATE THAT AFTERNOON JUST AS THE STAGE WAS PULLING IN. JOSH PURCHASED HIS STAGE COACH TICKET, BID GOODBYE TO THE MCGEEHEES AND STARTED ON HIS JOURNEY. AFTER FOUR DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS, HE ARRIVED AT THE STATE CAPITAL BUILDING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. THERE HE FOUND HIS WAY TO THE OFFICES OF THE FAMOUS TEXAS RANGERS AND HE SIGNED UP. NOT LONG AFTER JOSH BECAME A TEXAS RANGER, HE EARNED THE REPUTATION AS "KING OF THE TEXAS RANGERS" BECAUSE HE ALWAYS GOT HIS MAN. THIS IS THE STORY OF JOSH'S LAST ASSIGNMENT AS A RANGER, GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS RANGER CAPTAIN, WHO HAD GOTTEN A REPORT ABOUT A SMALL NORTH EASTERN TOWN IN THE CORNER OF TEXAS CALLED ROXTON THAT WAS BEING RUN BY AN OUTLAW WHO WAS CHARGING THE TOWN FOLKS SO CALLED PROTECTION MONEY AND TAXES JUST TO STAY IN BUSINESS. JOSH'S JOB WAS TO GO TO ROXTON, ARREST THIS OUTLAW, BRING HIM BACK ALIVE IF POSSIBLE, AND RESTORE LAW AND ORDER TO ROXTON SO THE PEOPLE THERE COULD HAVE A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY. and this is what happened:----------NOW JOSHIE WAS A COWBOY WHO BECAME A TEXAS RANGER---HE RODE A WHITE HORSE NAMED SILVER AND HE WASN'T AFRAID OF DANGER---HE WAS RIDING TO A TOWN CALLED ROXTON CAUSE EVERYONE HAD SAID---THIS TOWN WAS RUN BY AN OUTLAW BY THE NAME OF ROXTON RED---THE BANKER HAD A DAUGHTER, PRETTY LITTLE MISS KAYLEIGH---AND RED HAD SAID TO HER ONE DAY, LITTLE GIRL YOU WILL MARRY ME---KAYLEIGH SAID NO I DONT THINK SO, I'D BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF TOWN---YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER GIRL TO WEAR YOU WEDDING GOWN---OLD RED HE GOT ANGRY AND HE GREW HIMSELF A BEARD---HE SNEAKED INTO HER HOUSE ONE NIGHT AND KAYLEIGH DISAPEERED---HE TOOK HER UP INTO THE HILLS AND HID HER IN A MINERS SHACK---THEN HE BROUGHT HER DOWN TO THE EDGE OF TOWN AND TIED HER ON THE RAILROAD TRACK---JUST ABOUT THEN, RANGER JOSH RODE IN, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET---HE WAS HOPING THAT HE AND ROXTON RED WOULD SOON MEET---WHEN DOWN AT THE OTHER END OF TOWN SET A RIDER ON A HORSE OF BLACK---AND HE SAID YOUR TOO LATE RANGER, SHES DYING ON THE RAILROAD TRACK---YOU COULD HEAR THAT WHISTLE BLOWING, THAT TRAIN WAS COMING FAST---RED SAID THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO LEAVE MY TOWN BUT IT WILL BE YOUR LAST---JOSH SAID I'M HERE TO ARREST YOU RED, AND TAKE YOU BACK ALIVE---AND IF YOU REFUSE ME, YOU'LL MEET MY FORTY FIVE---SO UNTIE PRETTY MISS KAYLEIGH AND THROW YOUR GUNS DOWN ON THE GROUND---FOR JUST A FEW SPLIT SECONDS, YOU COULDN'T HEAR A SOUND---OLD RED JUST LAUGHED AND HIS HAND WENT DOWN REACHING FOR THE GUN THAT HE WORE---LITTLE DID HE KNOW IF HE DREW THAT GUN, HE WOULD NEVER DRAW NO MORE---BECAUSE QUICK AS A FLASH AND LIGHTNING FAST BEFORE FOLKS COULD REALIZE---JOSH DREW HIS GUNS AND SHOT OLD RED, RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES---JOSH RAN OVER TO THE RAILROAD TRACK AND UNTIED PRETTY KAYLEIGH----HE SIT HER UP ON SILVERS BACK AND SAID YOU'LL RIDE WITH ME---THE FOLKS CAME OUT CHEERING, THEY KNEW THEIR TOWN WAS SAVED---JOSH HAD RESCUED KAYLEIGH AND SENT OLD RED TO HIS GRAVE---THE KNEW THEY HAD THEIR TOWN BACK, IT WAS A GLORIUS DAY---THEY WAVED TO JOSH AND KAYLEIGH AS THEY RODE AWAY---------- WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME, I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE SATISFIED NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPEND TO JOSH AND KAYLEIGH AFTER THE ROXTON RED INCIDENT, SO I DECIDED TO GO TO ROXTON TO SEE IF ANYONE KNEW ANYTHING, SO OFF TO ROXTON I WENT. Well folks, this is Two Texas Paw Paw signing off, tune in my blog tomorrow to find out what I found out in Roxton Texas. Till then, the good Lord willing and the creeks dont rise, I'll be back tomorrow.