Luke Short
Western frontiersman Luke L. Short (1854-September 8, 1893) was a gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, and saloon keeper at various times during the four decades of his life.
Read more about Luke Short: Early Life, Notoriety As A gunfighter, Short Versus Courtright Gunfight, Later Life and Death, In Popular Culture
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“But he answered his father, Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’”
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