Murder on the Frontier

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Ernest Haycox. Murder on the Frontier

Murder on the Frontier

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MCQUESTION RIDES

COURT DAY

OFFICER'S CHOICE

THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER

DISPATCH TO THE GENERAL

ON TEXAS STREET

IN BULLHIDE CANYON

WILD ENOUGH

WHEN YOU CARRY THE STAR

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Ernest Haycox

e-artnow, 2021

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"He could of asked Red to put a shoulder against that wagon. He could of made Red suffer with that game leg and let me catch on to the fact Red packed the injury. But he didn't because he's a dead sound sport. And how does Red pay back the compliment? By goadin' the foreman.

"He understands he's safe on these premises and so he uses his sharp tongue to hurt. Reckless—and a mite of a fool. There's one crooked play to his credit but the chance is still open to him to go straight, if he wanted. Hard to tell how this girl, if he got her, would affect him. She might pull him right, but if she didn't he'd force her to his own sad level. He's got a glitter—and that attracts her now."

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