The Seventh Man (Paperback)


Excerpt: ...over them together and one by one. Perhaps Betty Neal was a fool for throwing herself away on a gun-fighter, but at least Mrs. Sommers was furnished with a story which half Alder would know by tomorrow. The walls of her house were not sound proof. Besides, Mrs. Sommers had remarkably keen ears. "They's been a gentleman here ask for you, Vic," she said, "but I thought maybe you wouldn't like it much to be disturbed. So I told him you wasn't here." Her smile fairly glowed with triumph. "Thanks," said Gregg, "but who was he?" "I never seen him before. Anyway, it didn't much matter. He wanted to see some of the rest of the boys quite bad: Pete Glass and Ronicky Joe, and Sliver Waldron, and Gus Reeve. He seemed to want to see 'em all particular bad." "Pete Glass and Ronicky and-the posse " murmured Vic. He grew thoughtful. "He wanted to see me, too?" "Very particular, and he seemed kind of down-hearted when he found that Pete was out of town. Wanted to know when he might be back." "What sort of a lookin' gent was he?" asked Vic, and his voice was sharp. "Him? Oh, he looked like a tenderfoot to me. Terrible polite, though, and he had a voice that wasn't hardly rougher'n a girl's. Seemed like he was sort of embarrassed jest talkin' to me." She smiled at the thought, but Gregg was on his feet now, his hands on the shoulders of Mrs. Sommers as though he would try to shake information from her loose bulk. "Look quick, now," he said. "Where did you send him?" "How you talk Why, where should I send him? I told him like as not Ronicky and Sliver and Gus would be down to Lorrimer's-" The groan of Vic made her stop with a gasp. "What did be look like?" Mrs. Sommers was very sober. Her smile congealed. "Black hair, and young, and good-lookin', and b-b-brown eyes, and-" "God " "Vic," cried Betty Neal, "what is it " She looked around her in terror. "It's Barry." He turned towards the door, and then stopped, in an agony of indecision. Betty Neal was before him, ...

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Excerpt: ...over them together and one by one. Perhaps Betty Neal was a fool for throwing herself away on a gun-fighter, but at least Mrs. Sommers was furnished with a story which half Alder would know by tomorrow. The walls of her house were not sound proof. Besides, Mrs. Sommers had remarkably keen ears. "They's been a gentleman here ask for you, Vic," she said, "but I thought maybe you wouldn't like it much to be disturbed. So I told him you wasn't here." Her smile fairly glowed with triumph. "Thanks," said Gregg, "but who was he?" "I never seen him before. Anyway, it didn't much matter. He wanted to see some of the rest of the boys quite bad: Pete Glass and Ronicky Joe, and Sliver Waldron, and Gus Reeve. He seemed to want to see 'em all particular bad." "Pete Glass and Ronicky and-the posse " murmured Vic. He grew thoughtful. "He wanted to see me, too?" "Very particular, and he seemed kind of down-hearted when he found that Pete was out of town. Wanted to know when he might be back." "What sort of a lookin' gent was he?" asked Vic, and his voice was sharp. "Him? Oh, he looked like a tenderfoot to me. Terrible polite, though, and he had a voice that wasn't hardly rougher'n a girl's. Seemed like he was sort of embarrassed jest talkin' to me." She smiled at the thought, but Gregg was on his feet now, his hands on the shoulders of Mrs. Sommers as though he would try to shake information from her loose bulk. "Look quick, now," he said. "Where did you send him?" "How you talk Why, where should I send him? I told him like as not Ronicky and Sliver and Gus would be down to Lorrimer's-" The groan of Vic made her stop with a gasp. "What did be look like?" Mrs. Sommers was very sober. Her smile congealed. "Black hair, and young, and good-lookin', and b-b-brown eyes, and-" "God " "Vic," cried Betty Neal, "what is it " She looked around her in terror. "It's Barry." He turned towards the door, and then stopped, in an agony of indecision. Betty Neal was before him, ...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

Release date

August 2012

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August 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

72

ISBN-13

978-1-153-72057-1

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9781153720571

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1-153-72057-4



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