The Overlanders
“French said, “I’ve lined up four.”
A sigh came out of Grete too deep for words.
He had played in hard luck from the start of this deal and now to be saddled with a joker like French seemed almost more than a man could take. “Slick” was the name folks had found for Irv French and that he was still above ground attested to its accuracy. He could twist truth around to where you’d pick black for white, and not only pick it but pass it on for gospel. He could do things… Hell! It was plain enough now... where the girl had got her slant. He was slicker than slobbers — give the devil his due. Not even King Crotton had been able to catch him out.
Farraday said to the girl, “This one of your outfit?”
“Mr. French kindly offered —”
“I’ll be he did!” Grete’s mouth was tight. “He’s the helpingest gent you will ever run into. By God, you sure pick ‘em!”
A resentful defiance burned into her look and anger boiled up through her cheeks like a fever. Aroused she was handsome in a wild sort of way that got its teeth in old hungers.MoreLess
A sigh came out of Grete too deep for words.
He had played in hard luck from the start of this deal and now to be saddled with a joker like French seemed almost more than a man could take. “Slick” was the name folks had found for Irv French and that he was still above ground attested to its accuracy. He could twist truth around to where you’d pick black for white, and not only pick it but pass it on for gospel. He could do things… Hell! It was plain enough now... where the girl had got her slant. He was slicker than slobbers — give the devil his due. Not even King Crotton had been able to catch him out.
Farraday said to the girl, “This one of your outfit?”
“Mr. French kindly offered —”
“I’ll be he did!” Grete’s mouth was tight. “He’s the helpingest gent you will ever run into. By God, you sure pick ‘em!”
A resentful defiance burned into her look and anger boiled up through her cheeks like a fever. Aroused she was handsome in a wild sort of way that got its teeth in old hungers.MoreLess
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