Owen Merritt and Sally Bidwell have a long history together as they loved each other for a long time and were on the verge of getting married. But destiny was against them and Sally ended up marrying Will Isham, owner of the biggest ranch in the state called the Skull, and the richest man in the Bunchgrass Hills. Animosity between Merritt and Isham grows as the Skull's owner tries to buy out a small-time cowboy and push him out of business. Caught between the woman who left him and the woman who loves him, Merritt is forced to stand up and fight for himself.
Оглавление
Ernest Haycox. Man in the Saddle
Man in the Saddle
Table of Contents
I. OWEN MERRITT
II. GOOD-BY TO A WOMAN
III. A MAN IS SOON DEAD
IV. "I'LL KEEP MY BARGAIN"
V. ON TRAIL
VI. IN THE BAR- ROOM
VII. DANGEROUS INTERVIEW
VIII. SALLY AND NAN
IX. THE PIT OF NIGHT
X. OWEN RIDES OUT
XI. COLLISION
XII. NAN MELOTTE
XIII. "A WOMAN'S WITH HIM"
XIV. AT THE CANYON'S BOTTOM
XV. MADNESS COMES TO A MAN
XVI. PURSUIT AND BETRAYAL
XVII. FATAL MEETING
XVIII. "YOUR HUSBAND IS DEAD"
XIX. THIS MAN AND THIS WOMAN
Отрывок из книги
Ernest Haycox
e-artnow, 2021
.....
"I guess," murmured Merritt, "I've done my share of talkin'." He threw his cigarette far into the street and drew a long breath. He said, "I'll meet you in the saloon—five minutes. Another drink and we'll leave this damned town behind."
He cut straight across the street, going into the alley near Shannon's store to avoid the crowd gathering up by the hotel porch, and came through the back lots of town to the hotel's side stairway. This was a boarded-in affair marching up the outside wall of the building. Letting himself through the bottom door, he closed it and rose through solid darkness until he came to the top. He pushed that door partially open.
