Ambush at Willow RunChapter 4
I raced to the two other exterior doors and dropped the bars across them, too. Fortunately, Pa had never removed the iron bars across the windows he had installed to keep out marauding Comanches 12 years ago. Thus, my house was as nearly impregnable as any fort, as long as they didn't resort to fire. Of course, I could suffer a lot of broken glass, but I could live with that. Somewhere along the line, Pa had acquired a Henry rifle, and I had plenty of ammunition for it. As the saying goes,...