Notes: Reissue. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his embossed stamp on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). No jacket. Spine and rear board faded, front board lightly soiled, page ridges foxed, one page creased. 1920 Hard Cover. viii, 38 pp. Frontispiece by Anton Otto Fischer. EXCERPT: Red began to swear. He heatedly cursed the robbers and their immediate ancestors as he hitched up his chaps and started off in the direction of his brother's corral. "I'm gonna borrow one o' yore hosses," he flung back over his shoulder. "Help yoreself," Tom called after him. "Take Jack Owens saddle. She's hangin inside the front door." "Guess we've done learned all we need here," said the methodical Kansas. "Might as well scare up a posse now an do a li'l trailin." They had no need to scare up a posse. Every Farewell citizen, on hearing the news, reached for his Winchester, scooped up saddle and bridle and headed for his horse. |