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Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

Spearman, Frank H.

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerWesternsLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1986728935
ISBN13: 9781986728935
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 29 2018
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.23 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Excerpt: ...know what goes on in the world. Everything I see of you contradicts everything I have heard of you. You haven't seen much of me yet, you know, and you may have heard much better accounts of me than I deserve. Still, it isn't surprising you can't account for me; in fact, it would be surprising if you could. Nobody pretends to do that. You must not be shocked if I can't even account for myself. Do you know what a derelict is? A ship that has been abandoned but never wholly sinks. Please don't make fun of me! How did you happen to come into the mountains? I do want to understand things better. 210 Why, you are in real earnest, aren't you? But I am not making fun of you. Do you know President Bucks? No? Too bad! He's a very handsome old bachelor. And he is one of those men who get all sorts of men to do all sorts of things for them. You know, building and operating railroads in this part of the country is no joke. The mountains are filled with men that don't care for God, man, or the devil. Sometimes they furnish their own ammunition to fight with and don't bother the railroad for years; at such times the railroad leaves them alone. For my part, I never quarrel with a man that doesn't quarrel with the road. Then comes a time when they get after us, shooting our men or robbing our agents or stopping our trains. Of course we have to get busy then. A few years ago they worried Bucks till they nearly turned his hair gray. At that unfortunate time I happened into his office with a letter of introduction from his closest Chicago friend, Willis Howard, prince of good men, the man that made the Palmer House famous

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