Author : Joaquin Miller
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ISBN 13 : 9781331161080
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)
Book Synopsis The Danites in the Sierras, (in Four Acts) (Classic Reprint) by : Joaquin Miller
Download or read book The Danites in the Sierras, (in Four Acts) (Classic Reprint) written by Joaquin Miller and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Danites in the Sierras, (in Four Acts) Scene: "The Howlin' Wilderness." Saloon. Bar. Water bucket on table. Mining tools, rocker, etc. Miners discovered lounging about. The Judge and Limber Tim at bar, drinking. Judge. Well, well, well. And so that boy, Billy Piper, is livin' in that old cabin up the Middle Fork where them three miners handed in their checks to the Danites? Limber Tim. Livin' there all alone by hisself, Judge! Judge. Why, I wouldn't live in that 'ere cabin all alone by myself, Tim, for that cradle full of gold. Tim. It's been empty, that cabin, 'bout a year, Judge. Judge. Empty as a bran new coffin, Tim. Tim. And folks just about as willin' to get into it, as into a bran new coffin, I guess. Judge. Tim, me and Sandy had gone out to help the emigrants, where we seed that poor gal, Nancy Williams, killed, and we warn't here. But you was. Tell me how it was the Danites killed 'em all three in that cabin, and you fellows didn't smell a mouse till it was all over. (Miners gather around.) Tim. Well, them three miners was kind o' exclusive like, just as if they war a bit afraid of suthin'. They come from Hannibal, Missouri. But they was good miners and good neighbors, too, and was a makin' money like mud. Judge. Yes, hard workers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.