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The Indian Wars And Wayne's Victory
The Indians, who had been so well generaled and fought so ably, failed to follow up their victory by moving on the American settlements in force. The battle of Fallen Timbers was fought on the 20th...
The Mighty Rourke
Matt first met Rourke when he was laying the foundation for a small dynamo in the engine-room of the repair shop at Spike. Rourke was the foreman-mason for minor tasks for all that part of the...
The Lost Special
The confession of a convicted killer sheds light on the disappearance of a mysterious Frenchman - along with the entire train he was travell
Sitting straight and smiling
A very short story about the social mask we wear and how we can stick to it.
Bohemian Days in San Francisco
San Francisco preserved an intensely material and practical attitude, and I can recall myself wandering along the City Front or through the Spanish Quarter, and experiencing a fearful joy in the...
One of Several Talking Men
Because my head is a magnet for bullets, I am spending the day indoors. I stuffed myself into the reliquary, and I am finding movement difficult, but I would not dream of dancing in this outfit.
As Easy as A.B.C.
The A.B.C. controls the Planet and was informed that the District of Northern Illinois had cut itself out of all systems and would remain disconnected. De Forest glanced at the map as we flew over...
Prosper's "Old Mother"
Joe Wynbrook lifted a glass of whiskey from the floor under his chair and took a long draught of the spirits with every symptom of satisfaction. He proceeded. Prosper was not perfectly happy with...
Creatures That Once Were Men
Aristid Kuvalda had a two-storied house at the end of the main street, where the captain passed most of his time sitting on a kind of bench or else in the eating-house of Egor Yavilovitch. The...
Killer aspects (Part one)
It's about the importance that underlies Nuns' and Fathers' under the umbrella of a flying soul in Düga island.
A Convert of the Mission
Stephen Masterton was dragged from the tent of the Tasajara camp meeting and placed in a dilapidated adobe house. There he kept loyal faith with his physician and gave himself up to simple walks...
A Knight-Errant Of The Foothills
Father Felipe read the announcement that Don Jose Sepulvida would preside over the Board of Education in Jonesville. Don Jose Sepulvida, sitting alone in the same apartment, beheld to his...