The Gentle Desperado

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Frederick Schiller Faust. The Gentle Desperado

The Gentle Desperado

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Frederick Schiller Faust

Published by Good Press, 2021

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He was not seeing the desert, however; he was seeing the future.

“You always knew that I wouldn’t make good in this country,” said Robert; “but I always hoped that some day, if I worked very hard and patiently, I’d be able to box, and wrestle, and ride, and shoot, and be able to go hunting, and really living, the way you did in the old days. I’ve studied trailing, for instance, but I haven’t the eyes for it. Even these glasses won’t completely help. I can’t shoot the way real men can. By instinct, you know. And now that I have this bad leg, I can’t run all day like an Indian. In fact, of all the things that I wanted most to do and to be, I can’t say I’ve succeeded in a single one. And I see that I’m a failure!”

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