This is a short story written by Louis L’Amour about a unique love struck cowboy who is always in trouble with his girlfriend because he is late or has a black eye or is using his guns to frequently. She knew his given name and he hated it. Jenny always used it when she wanted to make a point or get him to do something that his logic would tell him wasn’t possible.
She wanted flowers for her birthday and he wanted to go with the posse to catch and share in the reward because they had robbed the bank and killed the teller. Here he was searching his mind and anyone else that was available. One old man had suggested a spot in the opposite direction than the bank robbers so he couldn’t combine the two searches at the same time. So hunting flowers for Jenny was the plan and the dream of getting the reward and buying a ranch was again on the back burner.
Here he was searching for flowers taking a long unused trail heading for the divide and when he got to the divide he would then search the eastern slopes that had green grass and flowers. To his surprise three sets of fresh horse tracks merged on to his trail from the north and they were moving fast. In lonely country that would only mean men on the dodge.
The story continues and the events are serious and funny. I wont spell out the ending but as you can surmise there is a fight and men will never understand women. I recommend this set of short stories to any reader.
