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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...have come through onscathed. Peets, as I mentions once or twice perhaps, is the best eddicated gent between the Colorado an' the Rio Grande; an', when mysteries commence to thicken an' you-all go gropin' 'round for eloocidations, thar's nothin' like havin' a eddicated scientist at your elbow to appeal to with your troubles. But Peets is miles distant at the Box-D, an' we're left in our he'pless darkened way to face our doom alone. "Jest as Cherokee grows peevish with Texas, like I relates, we hears a horrifyin' crash from t'other side of the street, an' next thar's Boggs hurlin' himse'f, without the slightest reference to how he's goin' to 'light, from the window of Sandy's lean-to. It checks our breath, an' throws our hearts back on their haunches! The shock is multiplied when, with not a moment to s'par' between 'em, a white, ghastly flutterin' ghost-thing throws itse'f from the same window, an' swoops shriekin' down on top of Boggs. Not that it captures Boggs; before it more'n gets to touch him, he's up an' off like a scared wolf. Also, the howls he eemits as he flies, would have drove wolves to sooicide. "When Boggs takes to flight, the white ghostly thing is not to be shook from its purpose. With a screech, the frightful equal of Boggs's best, it lines out on his trail, not the length of a lariat behind. "Thar's nothin' we-all can do but stand thar frozen, our veins ice, hopin' all we know for Boggs. Troo, Jack Moore, who as kettle tender for the stranglers feels like affairs is up to him offishul, does pull his gun. But whatever good is guns at sech eepocks? "The night is bright moonlight, an' moonlight in Arizona is better than sunlight in a fog-obscured East. Bein' almost as bright as noon, the dimmest eye among us has no trouble...Hide synopsis
Description:First thus edition. Large bookplate from a distinguished...First thus edition. Large bookplate from a distinguished collection of Western Americana (consisting of a lovely silver print photograph of an old southwest town) else near fine with the dustwrapper separated into 4 parts lacking the rear flap laid in.
Description:This item is printed on demand. Publisher: New York, D. Appleton...This item is printed on demand. Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company Publication date: 1908 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this b.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This scarce antiquarian...New. This item is printed on demand. This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this wor.
Description:New. 340 pages. Reprinted from 1908 edition. New 2013 edition...New. 340 pages. Reprinted from 1908 edition. New 2013 edition in PAPERBACK is SEWN PERFECT BOUND, much more durable than a standard paperback. This is a quality reprint of an old book of historical value. If the original book was printed in multiple volumes than this reprint is of only a single volume. This is an exact/strict reproduction of text, no changes has been made in respect to the original text. A lot of effort has been made to check and improve each page/scan manually for its quality of text and illustrations (if any, are in b/w). Folded illustrations, if any, are not included in the book. This is not a retyped or an ocr'd book. Index, contents, etc, if any in the original book, are included. This item is printed on demand using good quality natural shade paper. The title of the book, on the cover, is in gold lettering.
