Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 142
... trail winds down to Sand Creek . Sand Creek is not famed for its beauty , but at one p . m . its muddy bed looked like Paradise to a man with smarting eyes . blistered feet , and burning thirst . For a black bottle has its peculiarity ...
... trail winds down to Sand Creek . Sand Creek is not famed for its beauty , but at one p . m . its muddy bed looked like Paradise to a man with smarting eyes . blistered feet , and burning thirst . For a black bottle has its peculiarity ...
Page 143
... trail . And what could a poor little shave - tail do when his legs re- fused to go straight under him , his tongue failed to connect with his ideas , and his head felt in danger of colliding with the trees on both sides of the trail ...
... trail . And what could a poor little shave - tail do when his legs re- fused to go straight under him , his tongue failed to connect with his ideas , and his head felt in danger of colliding with the trees on both sides of the trail ...
Page 144
... trail there was a shot , and then another , and in ten seconds the line was formed , and the lieutenant by the look - out tree watched for the charge , and it came . Up the trail swept the mob of painted and be - feath- ered red - skins ...
... trail there was a shot , and then another , and in ten seconds the line was formed , and the lieutenant by the look - out tree watched for the charge , and it came . Up the trail swept the mob of painted and be - feath- ered red - skins ...
Page 189
... trail disappeared utterly , the only hoof- prints coming toward him in the direction taken by the stage . Again and again he covered the fifty vards on each side of where the track had dropped , but he could find only the famil- iar ...
... trail disappeared utterly , the only hoof- prints coming toward him in the direction taken by the stage . Again and again he covered the fifty vards on each side of where the track had dropped , but he could find only the famil- iar ...
Page 191
... trail . After making sure of his seat and the qualities of his mount , Wade forced the horse to be satisfied with a moderate lope , unslung his Winchester from the bag in which he had hidden it , his eyes ever on the four men still ...
... trail . After making sure of his seat and the qualities of his mount , Wade forced the horse to be satisfied with a moderate lope , unslung his Winchester from the bag in which he had hidden it , his eyes ever on the four men still ...
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