From the Listening Hills (Ss) (2004)
“One hundred yards down the slope, at an approximate altitude of eleven thousand feet, just inside a fringe of alpine fir, were scattered the hunting men.
The bare, intervening stretch of rock was flecked here and there with patches of snow. Within the fringe of trees but concealed from his view except for the faint wisps of smoke, were the fires of his pursuers.
Boone Tremayne had no fire, nor at this time dared he make one, for as yet his position was not exactly known to the armed men.
It was very cold and he lay on his stomach, favoring his left side where the first bullet had torn an ugly wound. The second bullet had gone through his thigh, but his crude bandages as well as the cold had caused the bleeding to stop.
A low wind moaned across the rock, stirring the icy bits of snow on the cold flanks of the peak which arose two thousand feet above and behind him. Within the low cave it was still light, and Boone Tremayne clutched the stub of pencil and looked down at the cheap tablet... at his elbow.MoreLess
The bare, intervening stretch of rock was flecked here and there with patches of snow. Within the fringe of trees but concealed from his view except for the faint wisps of smoke, were the fires of his pursuers.
Boone Tremayne had no fire, nor at this time dared he make one, for as yet his position was not exactly known to the armed men.
It was very cold and he lay on his stomach, favoring his left side where the first bullet had torn an ugly wound. The second bullet had gone through his thigh, but his crude bandages as well as the cold had caused the bleeding to stop.
A low wind moaned across the rock, stirring the icy bits of snow on the cold flanks of the peak which arose two thousand feet above and behind him. Within the low cave it was still light, and Boone Tremayne clutched the stub of pencil and looked down at the cheap tablet... at his elbow.MoreLess
Guest 7 months ago
How stupid of Pat not to have driven straight for the hold up gunmen. He knew that they'd kill him as well as his wife, and the deputy. I can think of nothing more stupid and shows how poorly Lamour constructed his earlier pulp stories, and that they were not worth more than a cent a page. Not even that going by this ne,.Write Review:
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