Excerpt: ...divined its full portent. It was now merely a question of speed. The race went on. The houses on the outer edge of the village flew past as if blown by a hurricane. Children in the yards looked up and cheered what they took for sport on the part of rollicking mountain riders. Saunders saw that he was gaining, and he urged his horse to even greater speed. He drew so close that the nose of his mount was lashed by the tail of Drake's horse. "Stop a minute-just a minute!" Saunders pleaded. "I must see you." Then, ...
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Excerpt: ...divined its full portent. It was now merely a question of speed. The race went on. The houses on the outer edge of the village flew past as if blown by a hurricane. Children in the yards looked up and cheered what they took for sport on the part of rollicking mountain riders. Saunders saw that he was gaining, and he urged his horse to even greater speed. He drew so close that the nose of his mount was lashed by the tail of Drake's horse. "Stop a minute-just a minute!" Saunders pleaded. "I must see you." Then, without lessening his gait, Drake turned half round in his saddle and pointed his revolver. Saunders heard the click of the hammer as it was cocked. Drake's demoniacal face in the white light had the greenish luster of a corpse-a corpse waking to life and grim purpose. "Fall back or I'll kill you!" he swore from frothing lips. "I know what you want; you want to take up for that dirty son of a-" "No, no; you are mistaken. I don't. Wait-stop!" They were now entering the open space between the station and the hotel. The train, with grinding brakes and escaping steam, was slowing up. Drake took aim over his shoulder. He fired. Saunders knew he was not hit. Frightened by the flash in his eyes, his horse reared up and almost threw him off behind. This delayed him for a moment, and Drake galloped on till he was close to the last car of the train. Saunders saw him throw the bridle-rein over the neck of his horse and spring down. The next instant Saunders was by his side and also on the ground. Again Drake raised his revolver, but Saunders was too quick for him. With a sudden blow he knocked the weapon from the other's grasp. It spun and flashed in the moonlight and fell in the weeds several yards away. Then Drake began to fumble in the pocket of his trousers for his knife. But again the younger man got the advantage. With the bound of a panther he had embraced and pinioned the arms of his antagonist to his sides. Back and forth they swung and...
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Add this copy of The Desired Woman to cart. $9.50, good condition, Sold by A2ZBooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burgin, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by A. L. Burt Company.
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Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Text is clean, pages are no longer white and crisp, but have age toned with time. Binding is tight and solid. Handling and shelving wear to edges, spine and corner, but all very light wear despite age. Lettering to front cover very sharp while spine is less sharp but still nice. Believed to be reprint. 407 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561007733.
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Very Good. DJ Fair. Octavo. Black and while decorations on olive cloth. Name neatly written on ffep. Dust jacket is edgeworn, with minor loss extremities. A presentable copy nonetheless, within new Brodart sleeve.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Book New York: A. L. Burt, 1913. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good. A. L. Burt edition in beautiful old dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with small decoration on cover and spine, stamped cream lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound-no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front fixed endpaper. Beautiful color-tinted frontispiece.407 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few small edge chips, very light surface rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
Add this copy of The Desired Woman to cart. $30.18, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Tredition Classics.
