By Louis L'Amour
Macon Fallon had by no means wanted greater than a deck of playing cards, a quick horse, and a prepared gun; he was once hoping on these issues now as he led an unsuspecting staff of settlers to an deserted mining city. yet whereas Fallon ready to go the ghost city off as a gold mine within the making, a humorous factor occurred: a real-life neighborhood began to take form within the city he’d christened crimson Horse. So while a band of vicious outlaws and a child who fancied himself a gunslinger threatened to tear crimson Horse aside, Fallon discovered himself stuck in a single quandary he’d by no means gambled on. He had come to purple Horse to make a short fortune, yet now he may need to choose up a gun and probability his lifestyles for a spot he by no means desired to name home.…
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Graham reached for his hat with his left hand. … To WINDY SLIM Who Knew Every Side-Track West of the Mississippi Chapter 1 MACON FALLON WAS a stranger to the town of Seven Pines, and fortunately for him he was a stranger with a fast horse. In the course of an eventful life, Macon Fallon had become a connoisseur of western hospitality, and knew when a limit had been reached. Hence, when an escorting party, complete with rope, arranged to conduct him to the vicinity of a large cottonwood where the evening’s festivities would be concluded, he wasted no time on formalities, but promptly departed the premises.
I think I’ll turn in,” Fallon said, stifling a yawn. ” Collins glanced at him. “You have a good deal of our money. ” “Two more hands then,” Fallon agreed. ” Instinct warned that he should get out while the getting was good, but even as he spoke the deal was progressing. It was with relief that he picked up two fours. He would lose this hand, then he would quit. He contributed liberally to the pot, and on the draw he picked up the other two fours. Four of a kind… Recognizing his dismay, they misunderstood its reason.
She asked. ” He gestured at the hills. ” “If somebody doesn’t show up soon, you may need to know things like that. ” And she moved away. He had already staked two claims, both of which had had a good bit of work done on them during the former operation. Now, the signs finished, he went to work with a pick and shovel, throwing more waste out on the dump to give it the fresh look of recent mining. The ground looked good—no question about that. Yet how many such holes in the ground had he seen? How many samples had he examined, those carefully selected samples every miner shows when talking of his claim?