Lucky Cuss

The tall, lanky prospector brushed back his thick, matted, unkempt hair and looked out across a jumble of high mesa hills, scanning the rough terrain on the east side of the San Pedro River. Somewhere out there, he was convinced, lay the vast riches he had long sought. The region he searched was virtually uninhabitable except for the soldiers who had recently established a military post at the foot of the Huachuca Mountains. There were also a few roving bands of bronco Chiricahua Apache who h