Roger's Search For His Pa By Bertha Schwartz

It had always been just Roger and his Pa as long as he could remember. But now it had been four long, lonely years without a word from his Pa. Was his Pa even still alive? Did he remember that he left a son at a boarding house? Sarah, the cook at the boarding house, is encouraging Roger to take his worries to Jesus. But she is also a “charity case”; a widow with four children and working for room and board, same as Roger.

But now Pony Express was coming through town. Things were about to change. And Roger was determined to have a letter for his Pa on the first run; even if it did cost him the five precious dollars, the Pony Express agent insisted he be paid.
Roger longed to ride for the Pony Express, in spite of the bullies, the raging rivers he would have to cross, the fierce storms, mean ponies, and the trouble with Indians and slave hunters. But he was only fourteen years old instead of sixteen. And always in the back of his mind was his search for his Pa. Was he sick or in trouble and needed his son? -Ages 8 and up. 193 Pages