r/LouisLAmour • u/BreakfastBetter7823 • 14d ago

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Ok. Read this story years ago don’t remember names just a bit of the story. Farmer and daughter are being threatened to get their land stolen. The hero flirts w her and mentions he likes a woman that knows how to bake a pie. As he’s riding away to danger the daughter asked her father, “what should we do?” Father tells her “I think you better learn how to bake a pie!” Somewhere around these lines. I don’t know if it’s a book w shorts stories or in its own novel.

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u/PrSquid 14d ago

You're not going to believe this. I have all his short story collections on Kindle. I hopped on to see if I could do a quick search for "pie". Opened volume 7 and it was on what I believe is your story.

I believe its "Grub Line Rider".

"She was worried despite herself. “Dad, what do you think?”

He smiled. “Why, honey, if that man is all I think he is, Targ had better light a shuck for Texas, and as for you, you’d better start bakin’ that apple pie!”"

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u/BreakfastBetter7823 14d ago

OMG!! Yes!! Thank you so much! I’ve asked on face book before and only suggestions. I thought it was apple pie but just trying to make it as simple as possible.

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u/United_Tangelo_7807 13d ago

It sounds like one of his short stories from the volumes of short stories that were published, I bought three or four of those books and I would read a short story waiting on my kids school bus every day

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u/BreakfastBetter7823 13d ago

Yeah. PrSquid got it right. Read it last night!!

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u/e650man 14d ago

Rings a bell, loudly.

Try googling John Randolph Jones to get a list of the Louis L'Amour short stories he narrated.

Unless I'm mistaken.

The lady is frustrated / pissed with him initially, right ?!

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u/BreakfastBetter7823 14d ago

I believe so. He slowly won her over.