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CLASSIC WESTERN!They had traveled a long time it seemed to Kate, and having climbed all the hills in the country, were going down a moderate grade with the hind wheels sputtering unamiably at the brakes, when Belle broke a long silence: "Where are we, Bill?" she demanded.Frank H. Spearman was an early 20th century American author best known for books about the West, and particularly about railroads. His works were some of the most vivid depict...

Excerpt from Laramie: Holds the RangeAll day the heavy train of sleepers had been climb ing the long rise from the river - a monotonous stretch of treeless, short-grass plains reaching from the Missouri to the mountains. And now the train stopped again, almost noiselessly.Kate, with the impatience of girlish spirits tried by a long and tedious car journey, left her Pullman win dow and its continuous, one-tone picture, and walk ing forward was ...

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Excerpt from Held for Orders: Stories of Railroad LifeChris presented the remodelled root to Callahan as a surprise, Callahan, in a burst of gratitude, pro moted him on the spot: he made little Chris fore man. It didn't bring any advance in pay - but there was the honor. To be foreman was an honor, and as little Chris was the only man on the yard force, he became, by promotion, foreman of himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Robert KimberlyChapter, r}. 5 HE dancing pavilion, separated from the Casino itself by an arched passageway and affording another pretty view of the lake in the moonlight, was filled with young people when Alice entered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses sta...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Daughter of a MagnateAhead, the sun was Sinking into the foot hills and wherever the eye could reach to the hori zon barren wastes lay riotously green under the golden blaze. The river, swollen everywhere out of its banks, spread in a broad and placid ¿ood of yellow over the bottoms, and a hundred shal low lakes studded with willowed islands marked its wandering course to the south and east. The clear, far air of the mountains, th...

Excerpt from Whispering SmithWith the box cars piled forty feet high on the track, the conductor was too old a hand to begin a controversy. Our time's fast, was all he said.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, ...

Excerpt from Doctor Bryson: A NovelThe day, indeed, may be said to begin at eleven o'clock night, when, the janitor arriving, followed by a brigade of scrub-women, turns on the incandescent bulbs hot yet from the work of the evening, and the big room and its fellows are beaten, scrubbed, cleansed, and disinfected for the work of the new day.In the morning at one o'clock the preparations are complete and the receiving-room naps. At three o'cloc...

Excerpt from The Close of the DayThe Sunday evening gatherings that be came at one time so popular among a class of Chicago bachelors may be said almost to owe their origin to the small companies first assembled by George Durant in the quarters he occupied for so many years in Michigan Avenue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

Excerpt from Nan of Music MountainBut Lefever's subdued whistle, which seemed meditative, always irritated de Spain more or less, despite his endeavor not to be irritated. It was like the low Singing of a tea-kettle, which, however unobtrusive, indicates steam within. In fact, John Lefever, who was built not unlike a kettle, and whose high, Shiny forehead was topped by a pompadour shock of very yellow hair, never whistled except when there was...

Excerpt from The Mountain DivideA tall young man, spare but almost gigantic in stature, standing back in one corner of the agent's office as the men about him were hus tled along, likewise regarded Bucks with surprise as he saw him start single-handed to expel the intruders. This was the mountain telegraph line man, Bill Dancing, as simple as he was strong, and ready at any time to be surprised, but not often disconcerted. In this instance, ho...

Excerpt from The Strategy of Great RailroadsBusied with its transportation concerns, the house saw the earliest alignment of those political movements in the United States that resulted in the most stupendous Civil con¿ict Of modern times. They stuck to their ferryboats and their junk rails when Beecher was the pulpit and Greeley and Bennett and Raymond were the press Of this country. While still active in their busi ness they have seen the ri...

Excerpt from Merrilie DawesThe travelling arrangements of the two, with their added years and growing requirements of comfort, had gradually become extended to a gen erous scale and usually included two cars. One of these provided a dining-room and its accessory equipment, and, in addition to a number of sleep ing-compartments, a business ofiice. The other afi'orded a reception-roorn arranged for Mrs. Hamersley with a series of compartments eu...