Dillon was ten and worked at the livery stables. He fed the horses, groomed them, and did his favorite duty—mucking out the stalls. He worked every day from six a.m. until nine a.m. when he went to school. Then, when school let out around three o'clock, he went back to work and worked till seven or whenever he finished bedding down the new arrivals. On the weekends, he worked six a.m. until three p.m. both days. Today was a Tuesday, and he was late to work; but his pa, the town's blacksmith and owner of the livery stables, would understand. It wasn't every day an outlaw was captured in town.