... of the
grass, kings of the kine, lords of the lea, barons of beef and bone. They
might have ridden in golden chariots had their tastes so inclined. The
cattleman was caught in a stampede of ... reduction of surplus wealth were
those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name. In the breast of
the rib-sprung sex the genius of purse lightening may slumber throug...
... the store of
good citizenship was a wise prescription or form of procedure laid out by the
editor of the heart- to-heart column in the specific case of a young man who
had complained of the obduracy ... shave and a hasty cup of coffee to be
crowded into the interval.
He visited his barber shop and then hurried on his way. He pocketed his
paper, meditating a belated perusal...
... hate to be reminded of Pollock's Course of Time, and so do you; but every
time I saw Jacks I would think of the poet's description of another poet by
the name of G. G. Byron who "Drank ... instead of at the Parisian Restaurant; but he
came to be a formidable visitor in the Hinkle parlor. His competition
reduced Bud to an inspired increase of profanity, drove J...
... grass of the west. Ben Tatum's
steeds may have been swifter, and he had a good lead; but if he had heard
the punctual thuds of the hoofs of those trailers of ours, born in the heart of
feudland, ...
balm of Gilead to Sam's soul, so I refrained from including it in the news of
the city that I retailed on my return. But on the next afternoon an elongated
ex-cowboy...
... him. Only himself knew
of the horrible tightening of the chest, the dry mouth, the weakening of the
spine, the agony of the strung nerves the never- failing symptoms of his
shameful malady. ... Terror of Thousands of Tongue-tied
Tremblers!"
One hundred in the shade kept the vicinity somewhat depeopled. This
quarter of the town was a ragged edge; its denizens the bu...
...
laid the flower wreath on the block of stone at High Jack's feet. Rummy as I
was, I thought it was kind of nice of her to think of offering flowers instead
of household and kitchen provisions. ... bananas, and bottles of wine,
and stacks of tortillas, and beautiful shawls worth one hundred dollars apiece
that the Indian women weave of a kind of vegetable fibre like...
... soft mattress of
mesquite grass. But in Sam's case it was different. He had never been away
from his ranch at night. Marthy was afraid of the country afraid of
Mexicans, of snakes, of ... loneliest part of the country
between the Nueces and the Frio. The ranch house a two-room box
structure was on the rise of a gently swelling hill in the midst of a
wilderness of...
... some of the most wonderful feats in your profession known to
modern crime. You have committed some marvellous deeds under the very
noses of the police you have boldly entered the homes of millionaires ... give it up."
"Doctor," said Knight, with a sudden glint in his keen gray eye and a
squaring of his chin, "in spite of the record your city holds of so...
... the neighborhood of
Whitechapel. The Jew stopped for an instant at the corner of the street; and,
glancing suspiciously round, crossed the road, and struck off in the direction
of the Spitalfields. ... same time, most unmusical snatches of song, mingled with wild
execrations. At length, in a fit of professional enthusiasm, he insisted upon
producing his box of housebreaking to...
... It was
a history of the lives and trials of great criminals; and the pages were soiled
and thumbed with use. Here, he read of dreadful crimes that made the blood
run cold; of secret murders ... at the head of the stairs, with a candle. ‘Oh!
That’s the time of day. Come on!’
This was a very strong expression of approbation, an uncommonly hearty
welcome, from a person of M...