The Bloody Border (2013)
“Nor did the men with him show greater alertness, being concerned with their own sufferings. Before they could stop themselves or realise the danger, the trio found themselves covered by the guns of three horsemen who loomed out of the bushes.
For a moment panic filled Hickey, then he recognised the stocky shape on the nearest horse.
“Howdy, Charlie,” he greeted. “You headed for Rosita O’Malley’s?”
“Maybe,” Charlie Kraus replied, holstering his Colt. “You been there?”
“Sure. We got your word and figured Big Sam’d likely call in to see Rosey. He was there all right.”
“You went up against Sam Ysabel?” Kraus asked, his voice showing how he felt on the matter.
“Sure, but him and some of his boys laid for us and whomped us good,” Hickey answered.
“What is it, Mr. Kraus?” asked a woman’s voice and Eve rode forward from where she and Ffauldes had been told to wait until the approaching riders were identified.
Edgar G. 2 years ago
Belle Boyd, whose picture is in the WIKI report was actually very plain, andcertainly not an attractive woman, never mind being a raving beauty as the writer portrays her. Nor was she a success as a spy , who did very ,ittle and only for a short time. Edson romances about her, but I'd be sure that he takes his account from her own auto biography which is mainly fiction with no substantive evidence of anything she did.Two other "beauties", Belle Starr, and Calamity Jane were plain and rather "mannish". Certainly not beauties, although not exactly ugly...Their picures are also intheir WIKI articles.
Edgar G. 2 years ago
This stupidity beats anything I've ever read. Taking a measly $15,000, even in the Civil War era (could not materially affect any result) drom a place siad by the most experienced and expert men and to stick it into gunpowder kegs on a fact flowing river in a birch bark canoe, to be blown up by a gunshot. This of course would kill Belle Boyd also.The writer seems to have really shown that he's a few cents short of a dollar.
Edgar G. 2 years ago
This is another foolish error of Edson. I have overlooked many until now. The Union woman is hoping to find evidence that Garfield has helped Rebel spies. Hasn't Belle Boyd already showinh far more than sufficient to tell them that she was in the water , involved with blowing up the warships, and then a little later showing herself at the Embassy, dripping wet, to convince them she had been in the Harbour water. So Garfield is proven to have been helping her.. giving an active spy shelter and more.Write Review:
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