The Lone Star Ranger And the Mysterious Rider
“This was a little cadaverous-looking fellow, apparently neither young nor old, who said his name was Bent Wade. He had drifted into Meeker with two poor horses and a pack.
“Whar you from?” asked the innkeeper, observing how Wade cared for his horses before he thought of himself. The query had to be repeated.
“Cripple Creek. I was cook for some miners an’ I panned gold between times,” was the reply.
“Humph! Thet oughter been a better-payin’ job than any to be hed hereabouts.”
“Yes, got big pay t...here,” said Wade, with a sigh.
“What’d you leave fer?”
“We hed a fight over the diggin’s an’ I was the only one left. I’ll tell you.…” Whereupon Wade sat down on a box, removed his old sombrero, and began to talk. An idler sauntered over, attracted by something. Then a miner happened by to halt and join the group.
Next, old Kemp, the patriarch of the village, came and listened attentively. Wade seemed to have a strange magnetism, a magic tongue.
He was small of stature, but wiry and muscular.MoreLess
“Whar you from?” asked the innkeeper, observing how Wade cared for his horses before he thought of himself. The query had to be repeated.
“Cripple Creek. I was cook for some miners an’ I panned gold between times,” was the reply.
“Humph! Thet oughter been a better-payin’ job than any to be hed hereabouts.”
“Yes, got big pay t...here,” said Wade, with a sigh.
“What’d you leave fer?”
“We hed a fight over the diggin’s an’ I was the only one left. I’ll tell you.…” Whereupon Wade sat down on a box, removed his old sombrero, and began to talk. An idler sauntered over, attracted by something. Then a miner happened by to halt and join the group.
Next, old Kemp, the patriarch of the village, came and listened attentively. Wade seemed to have a strange magnetism, a magic tongue.
He was small of stature, but wiry and muscular.MoreLess
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