{"id":13196,"date":"2016-08-09T03:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=13196"},"modified":"2025-02-18T19:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:10:13","slug":"hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=13196","title":{"rendered":"Hero (by faust)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: \u00a0All Joe wanted was some blackberry pie; was that too much to ask for? Yet Adam and Pa didn&#8217;t seem to have any consideration for it. At all.<\/p>\n<p>Winning story of the 2016 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rated<\/strong> mild T (canonical violence and a mention of blood) &#8211; 2660 words<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=25807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Story Index and reading order for the Art-Universe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hero<\/h2>\n<p>Joe Cartwright abandoned all hope of blackberry pie at the International House the moment Stanford Paine called his father a horse thief right in the middle of C-Street.<\/p>\n<p>He heard his brother Adam hiss, \u201cLeave it, Pa,\u201d but he knew that was in vain. Joe didn\u2019t understand everything that had happened between the Cartwrights and the Paines those past few weeks but he understood that this shout was the final straw. No one called Pa a horse thief. Especially not in the middle of town where everyone could hear it.<\/p>\n<p>Adam groaned as Pa brushed his hand from his arm and whirled around to face Mr. Paine in one movement. Had he really hoped to soothe Pa\u2019s temper with just a restraining hand? Obviously he had, for he pinched the bridge of his nose and shut his eyes real tight for a moment, and then, shaking his head, followed Pa\u2019s brisk stride to the hitching post in front of the Bucket of Blood saloon, where Mr. Paine and his men stood.<\/p>\n<p>Important things usually happened when six-year-olds weren\u2019t around. Or said six-year-olds were instantly whisked away. This time things happened so fast no one thought of whisking Joe away. In fact, no one even paid Joe any attention\u2014no one but Hoss, that was. But Hoss was twelve, and there are those rare moments in which that six year gap wasn\u2019t as wide as it usually seemed. Moments like when you left the Ponderosa and Hop Sing\u2019s lemonade and went with Pa and Adam and a couple of ranch hands to Virginia City just because you hoped for a piece of blackberry pie at the International House as well as like when you were put out of harm\u2019s way\u2014or out of everything grown up\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>So Joe and Hoss just exchanged one look, then simultaneously made themselves as unobtrusive as possible (not an easy feat for someone of Hoss&#8217;s stature) as they followed everyone else over to the Bucket of Blood and found a place to linger on the sidelines but with a good view, side by side with a saloon girl clad in a violently pink dress.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Joe had diverted his look from the frills at the girl\u2019s neckline (they were made of a funny, holey fabric that almost looked like the net curtains in Pa\u2019s bedroom, only black), the men from the DoubleR ranch had formed a tight cluster around Mr. Paine and his eldest son Ethan, and those from the Ponderosa one around Pa and Adam. They were trading colorful insults, most of which Joe had never heard before and which he desperately hoped he\u2019d remember when school started again.<\/p>\n<p>Pa\u2019s face was almost as red as Mr. Paine\u2019s, and both he and Mr. Paine alternated between shouting at each other and berating their respective sons. Ethan Paine looked just as furious as his Pa and added to the mayhem mostly by repeating \u201chorse thief!\u201d, whereas Adam looked\u2014well, just like Adam. Maddeningly calm. Only those who knew him very well\u2014and paid attention\u2014saw the telltale twitch of his eyebrow and how every now and then his hand rose and was willed down before the fingers could pinch the bridge of his nose.<\/p>\n<p>Adam didn\u2019t shout, but as usual, his calm voice was clearly heard over the ruckus. \u201cI\u2019m certain neither my father nor you is a horse thief, Mr. Paine.\u00a0 Why don\u2019t we go and have a drink and settle this like the reasonable men we all are?\u201d There was emphasis on \u201creasonable\u201d and \u201call\u201d, but that only seemed to anger Pa and Mr. Paine more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy men caught that stallion weeks ago,\u201d Mr. Paine growled. \u201cThen your men stole it. In my eyes that makes their boss a horse thief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pa snorted. \u201cMy men caught that horse running free on the plains. It wasn\u2019t branded, it belonged to no one. It\u2019s rightfully mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the lasso around his neck? Didn\u2019t that tell you someone\u2019d already caught it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt told me someone had tried to catch it\u2014but not succeeded. You have no claim on a horse you just <em>tried<\/em> to catch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we done caught it,\u201d Ethan broke in. \u201cIt just broke free again, that\u2019s why there was a \u00a0lasso around his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, if it breaks free it isn\u2019t quite caught, right? Next time, Paine, your men might do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That, naturally, brought on a lot of shouting again, mostly from Ethan and Paine\u2019s men, but soon the Ponderosa hands were joining in.<\/p>\n<p>Joe trained his ears on Adam, though, who talked insistently to Pa. He only caught \u201ccompromise\u201d and \u201cmoney\u201d, but that was enough to understand why Pa was shaking his head.<\/p>\n<p>The stallion this all was about was the most promising horse they\u2019d caught in years. Adam was already breaking it, and even though it seemed more difficult to break than any horse they\u2019d seen before, it was worth every effort. It was a tall, broad and powerful animal, high spirited with endurance beyond anything they\u2019d ever seen in a horse. It was long decided that the stallion was not going to be sold, but to be used for breeding and for roping in other horses.<\/p>\n<p>Joe knew that the DoubleR claimed they had caught the stallion first, and he knew that threats had been uttered\u2014and delivered. Fences had been cut, short cuts to pastures had been blocked by inexplicable rock fall, fire had destroyed a hay rick, and Adam had almost tumbled down a ravine when his saddle came lose because someone had obviously cut into the cinch. Of course, there was no proof the DoubleR was behind those things, but there were rumors enough.<\/p>\n<p>Joe also knew that Adam thought no horse was worth all that bad blood. He\u2019d heard Adam say Pa was \u201cstubborn and unreasonable\u201d and should make concessions, one night when he\u2019d been supposed to be in bed and not eavesdropping, and then Pa had given Adam an earful about it: Mr. Paine didn\u2019t deserve concessions, Mr. Paine himself never made concessions, and didn\u2019t Adam remember the incident with the Ponderosa calves on Paine\u2019s land? He\u2019d said several more things then, about how Adam obviously had too much time if he spend so much of it stewing over things that weren\u2019t his concern and such; but as great as it had been to hear Adam getting a first class scolding, Joe\u2019d been so tired he\u2019d fallen asleep on the top of the landing before he\u2019d ever learned more about that incident with the calves.<\/p>\n<p>There was no reason not to be on Pa\u2019s side, Joe thought. Perhaps <em>Adam<\/em> was being stubborn and unreasonable and should make concessions?<\/p>\n<p>Joe decided to contribute that thought to the overall argument, but just as he opened his mouth someone bellowed, \u201cQuiet!\u201d with a voice like thunder.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the word or even the booming voice that made them all, to the last man, stop. It was the fact that the most unexpected man had delivered the command: Adam. Joe\u2019d known his brother had a loud voice, heck, he\u2019d heard him sing in the barn from miles away. But he\u2019d never heard him shout at people.<\/p>\n<p>The stunned crowd now rearranged itself into a circle centering around Joe\u2019s eldest brother, and Adam, obviously not intimidated by that at all, smiled a quick, lopsided smile that was almost too tiny to notice and said more softly than before, \u201cIf you will listen for just a moment, I\u2019ll offer you a way to end this argument peacefully. It has really gotten all out of proportion, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need you telling me\u2014\u201d Ethan started, but Mr. Paine interrupted him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I want to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam nodded once, then took a deep breath. \u201cPa, Mr. Paine, I think we reached an impasse here. We have been neighbors for how long? Ten years, surely. Mr. Paine, we helped you sink your well, do you remember that? And Pa, the Paines were suporting you when Marie died, you haven\u2019t forgotten that, right? That stallion\u2026is it worth destroying the good relations we used to have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pa looked furious\u2014the way he did when Adam was right. Mr. Paine looked down. Ethan tried to say something, but was silenced by his father before he\u2019d uttered anything comprehensible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been <em>stewing<\/em> over this for a long time already,\u201d Adam said, glancing at Pa and taking the time to raise an eyebrow at him. \u201cAs the horse is already worked upon and mostly broken, I think it would be wise to not relocate it. But if everything goes as planned, our best mare will have the stallion\u2019s foal next spring, and perhaps, Pa, you can pledge to Mr. Paine that that foal will be his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was murmuring among the men, all eyes on Pa and Mr. Paine. The two men looked at each other, and Joe saw slow smiles spreading over their faces. They nodded, and Pa reached his hand out to Mr. Paine, who took it and said, \u201cYou\u2019ve got a smart boy there, Ben.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pa looked at Adam with his \u201cwait till we\u2019re at home\u201d-face, but only for a moment, then he chuckled and said, \u201cYou have no idea,\u201d and they all laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Not Ethan, though, who looked as if he wanted to say something, thought better of it, and turned away\u2014and then whirled back with his gun in hand and fired.<\/p>\n<p>Colts leapt into hands almost instantly. Paine\u2019s men all seemed armed; most of the Ponderosa hands, too. Even Pa had his gun out, trained on Ethan. The only unarmed men left were Adam, still standing there with his arms crossed, and Mr. Paine, who carefully laid his hand over Ethan\u2019s gun and pressed it down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to draw blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe held his breath. Hoss tried to push his younger brother behind his back; the saloon girl next to Joe ducked behind another bystander.<\/p>\n<p>There was no sound in the street except for the heavy breathing of the men. Then Adam\u2019s voice broke the silence. \u201cWas anyone hit? No?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause. Low murmurs. Shaking of heads. Then the noise of Ehtan\u2019s Colt clanging on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>And Mr. Paine again, \u201cWell, obviously not. Thank the Lord for that. I apologize, Ben.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all right, Stanford. As you say: no harm done.\u201d Pa slowly reholstered his revolver. \u201cWeapons down, boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Ponderosa men obey, the DoubleR hands did, too. Even Ethan mumbled something apologetic, and the city sighed with relief.<\/p>\n<p>Joe considered making himself perceivable again and suggesting they all had blackberry pie at the International House now, but Pa\u2019s dark gaze swept over all of them, lingered on Hoss and him for a moment before Pa closed his eyes briefly and said just one word, \u201cHome!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And home they went. It was a quiet ride on the buckboard; Hoss and Joe had a subdued discussion about the blackberry pie they hadn\u2019t had, Pa chewed on the inside of his mouth as if on words he\u2019d love to say to Adam but for some reason couldn\u2019t, and Adam leaned against a bag of rice, back hunched and shoulders sagged, even quieter than usual. He didn\u2019t look up once, and Joe guessed he was stewing over things that now very well concerned him, too.<\/p>\n<p>Adam still hadn\u2019t uttered a single word when they finally reached the Ponderosa. At first, Joe thought Adam had fallen asleep, but then his brother rose almost reluctantly and eased himself down from the wagon bed. He staggered a few steps, shook his head and then walked stiff-legged towards the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey,\u201d Joe cried after him. \u201cThere are bags to unload, Mr. clever pants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam flinched at that, shook his head again and turned slowly. His arms hanging limply at his sides, he stared at a point somewhere behind Joe, then his eyes completely lost focus, he began to sway, and when Pa, at Hoss\u2019s cry, rushed to him, he just collapsed into his arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat in tarnation\u2026,\u201d Pa muttered as he tried to shake Adam awake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPa,\u201d Hoss said, and when Pa didn\u2019t react he repeated it a little louder and a little more urgently. \u201cPa, look.\u201d He pointed to the bag of rice Adam had leaned against.<\/p>\n<p>The burlap was drenched in blood.<\/p>\n<p>Joe was at Pa\u2019s side in an instant, and now that he knew what to look for, he noticed the wet stain on Adam\u2019s shirt that his hunched posture and the black material had hidden. As Pa pried the fabric loose, he saw the hole in Adam\u2019s side, small and innocent, still sluggishly oozing blood.<\/p>\n<p>The next hours passed in a blurry whirlwind for Joe. Pa bellowed out orders while he took Adam upstairs into his room: someone was to ride back to Virginia City to get the doctor, Hoss was to help Pa; Joe was tasked with alerting Hop Sing and bringing towels and hot water, with picking Adam\u2019s discarded clothes from the floor and burning them, with bringing more water and more towels, then with staying out of the way as the doctor came and went.<\/p>\n<p>His world slowed down again and the fog of fear eventually dissolved when Joe was allowed to enter Adam\u2019s bedroom, and Pa smiled at him and said that Adam was one lucky boy.<\/p>\n<p>Adam looked pale as a ghost and lay so still Joe was eerily reminded of <em>Maman<\/em> after\u2026but Pa said it was only the blood loss that made Adam sleep and the <em>something<\/em> the doctor had given him, that the bullet hadn\u2019t penetrated very deeply and came out without problems. \u201cHe\u2019ll be right as rain in no time, you\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe fought the urge to climb onto Pa\u2019s lap as he was much too grown up for that, but he managed to wriggle himself into the stuffed chair next to his father instead. It couldn\u2019t be very comfortable for Pa, but he just put his arm around Joe and pulled him even closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was Ethan\u2019s bullet, wasn\u2019t it, Pa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Adam paid for my stubbornness. Had I made concessions earlier, all this could have been prevented. Remember that, Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe chewed on his lower lip. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t say Adam he was hit? He could\u2019ve gone to Doctor Paul right then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pa sighed. \u201cBecause your brother is, as Mr. Paine said, a smart boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t sound too smart t\u2019me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe, what would have happened if Adam had said he\u2019d been hit? What do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe remembered the drawn revolvers, the nervous silence, the hard breathing. \u201cSomeone would\u2019ve shot Ethan down?\u201d he ventured.<\/p>\n<p>Pa nodded. \u201cAnd then someone would have shot at the one who shot Ethan, then someone at <em>that<\/em> man and then\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe shuddered. \u201cEveryone could\u2019ve\u2026\u201d He didn\u2019t even want to think it, much less say it out loud. Pa had been right in the middle of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere could have been dozens of victims,\u201d Pa agreed. \u201cOnly because of Adam\u2019s silence we dodged that. It could have come at a great cost, but we dodged that, too. We were lucky today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut <em>Adam<\/em> is a victim,\u201d Joe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall price,\u201d croaked a voice from the bed. \u201cWorth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, spurred Pa to action. He helped Adam drink some water, mobbed at his brow, and fussed with the bedclothes, all the while Adam was mumbling, \u201c\u2019m fine, Pa\u201d and rolling his eyes at Joe behind Pa\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>Joe grinned back at him and made funny faces. No, he thought, his brother wasn\u2019t a victim. A hero, more like.<\/p>\n<p>What a story that would make at school. Absolutely worth the missed blackberry pie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The End<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Words drawn: \u00a0victim, stallion, dodge, stew, blackberry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for the betas, Joaniepaiute and Sklamb!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tags:\u00a0 Adam Cartwright,\u00a0Ben Cartwright,\u00a0Joe \/ Little Joe Cartwright,<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_13196\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"13196\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:  All Joe wanted was some blackberry pie; was that too much to ask for? Yet Adam and Pa didn&#8217;t seem to have any consideration for it. 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