Western stories
Tecoma consisted of a little depot, a saloon and a restaurant. Inasmuch as the saloon and restaurant were in the same building, it made Tecoma a two-house town. The railroad time table showed that Tecoma had an elevation of five thousand feet, and that certain trains would sto...
Tecoma consisted of a little depot, a saloon and a restaurant. Inasmuch as the saloon and restaurant were in the same building, it made Tecoma a two-house town. The railroad tim...
2. Part 2Hoban met him at the hitch-rack and tied the team, while Allenby got ponderously from the buckboard, the springs of which seemed to sigh with relief. He looked questioningly at...
3. Part 3“He wouldn’t,” agreed Omaha, turning away from the window. “I don’t like to appear disloyal, but personally I think that Allenby is so stingy that he takes out his false teeth a...
4. Part 4“Thasall right, Hank.” Swan River turned to Allenby--“Some day, Allenby, you’ll make a mistake. And it’ll probably be the kind of a mistake that a man only makes once in a lifet...
5. Part 5Neither Hank nor Bud Bell were in town. It might have complicated matters a little, as it was well known that there was bad blood between them and Allenby. The inquest was held...
6. Part 6“Somethin’ is goin’ to bust pretty soon,” he declared. “Over at the Elk, they’re talkin’ too much to suit me. Some son-of-a-gun has told about them two horses, and a few of the...
7. Part 7“Well, pick a more likely man to suspect,” Clayton was angered a little over Allenby’s insistence. “I’ve thought about it until I can’t arrive at any conclusion. Perhaps that bu...
8. Part 8Swan River gawped foolishly at this information, but thought it was a joke and refused to question Forty Dollar. But he soon discovered that it was no joke. They went to the Blu...
9. Part 9Clayton and the three men from the 27A left the White Horse and went back to the Elk. Frosty Welcome had slipped from the lap of Joe Egan and was now reclining on the floor, wit...