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He devoured the tales of Indian fighting and reveled in adventures with horse thieves and cattle rustlers . His sole ambition was to become a desperado of the long - hair type and have an outlaw name and ride a black horse and have a ...
He devoured the tales of Indian fighting and reveled in adventures with horse thieves and cattle rustlers . His sole ambition was to become a desperado of the long - hair type and have an outlaw name and ride a black horse and have a ...
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He saw the foam falling from the open mouth of the horse - the recklessly poised body of the trooperthe apparent lack of effort in guiding the horse or staying on his back . He saw it all and he feit that mysterious craving again and ...
He saw the foam falling from the open mouth of the horse - the recklessly poised body of the trooperthe apparent lack of effort in guiding the horse or staying on his back . He saw it all and he feit that mysterious craving again and ...
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He wondered why his life did not run in the course of men who could do such things - these wonderful men who could perform the daring feats on the backs of horses . He imagined them to be some favored beings who were born on the planets ...
He wondered why his life did not run in the course of men who could do such things - these wonderful men who could perform the daring feats on the backs of horses . He imagined them to be some favored beings who were born on the planets ...
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What ye bonin ' ' bout a horse fer all the time - poor little feet sore ? " " No , " said Sheeny , " but I ain't seen a horse for two months , an ' the Fourteenth have their horses an ' " The remark ended in the mouth of a gurgling ...
What ye bonin ' ' bout a horse fer all the time - poor little feet sore ? " " No , " said Sheeny , " but I ain't seen a horse for two months , an ' the Fourteenth have their horses an ' " The remark ended in the mouth of a gurgling ...
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The troopers missed the quick leaps of their horses under them as they rushed the slope . Once more they heard the dreaded " chug - chug - chug " of the rapid - fire gun , fired almost in their faces . The hail of bullets sweeping their ...
The troopers missed the quick leaps of their horses under them as they rushed the slope . Once more they heard the dreaded " chug - chug - chug " of the rapid - fire gun , fired almost in their faces . The hail of bullets sweeping their ...
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