"The Octopus of Pilgrim Valley" by Ernest Haycox. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Ernest Haycox. The Octopus of Pilgrim Valley
The Octopus of Pilgrim Valley
Table of Contents
I. — THE LONE BUCKAROO
II. — THE OCTOPUS
III. — SHOW-DOWN
IV. — LAW
V. — TRONO VERSUS STUBBINS
VI. — IN POWDER'S BASTILLE
THE END
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Ernest Haycox
Published by Good Press, 2021
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He paused in front of the livery stable, sympathies more and more engaged in the affairs of the dead nester. There was a volcanic upheaval inside him and he stared narrowly through the dark, recalling the sage words of Joe Breedlove. "I nev yit did know a redheaded gent that wa'n't burnin' to right the wrongs of this yere unjust world." Well, that wasn't exactly so. He, Tom Lilly, wasn't going around with a chip on his shoulder, but there certainly was such a thing as fair play in the world.
The stable roustabout ambled out of the doorway and murmured. "Ain't the flesh pots lured yuh yet?"
