Max Brand - Soft Metal (Leisure Western)

Soft Metal (Leisure Western) — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Soft Metal (Leisure Western)" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...55

---

title	:
author	:
publisher	:
isbn10 | asin	:
print isbn13	:
ebook isbn13	:
language	:
subject
publication date	:
lcc	:
ddc	:
subject	:

Soft Metal

Page i A SORT OF MADNESS CAME OVER CLANCY MORGAN He wanted to shout out that there was a mistake. But it was too late for such shouting. It was too late to do anything, unless he chose to run back inside the door of the houseand then be shot through a window or a crack in the door like a rat in its hole. No, to go back into the hut seemed like going back into a coffin. He saw the rider pull up suddenly and swing to the ground. He was taller than Bill Orping. His legs were not so bowed. But it was certainly a brotherly resemblance. Ah, if Dan Travis had only been there. Jasper Orping walked straight on. He was hardly ten paces away, when he halted. "Fellow," he said, "are you the two-legged rat that goes by the name of Clancy Morgan?" "Orping," shouted Casey, "I didn't kill him!" "You lie!" said Orping, and went for his gun. It seemed to Clancy Morgan that bullets were already striking him, while he tugged out his own Colt.

Page ii Other Leisure books by Max Brand: THUNDER MOON AND THE SKY PEOPLE RED WIND AND THUNDER MOON THE LEGEND OF THUNDER MOON THE QUEST OF LEE GARRISON SAFETY McTEE TWO SIXES SIXTEEN IN NOME THE ABANDONED OUTLAW SLUMBER MOUNTAIN THE LIGHTNING WARRIOR OUTLAWS ALL THE ONE-WAY TRAIL THE BELLS OF SAN CARLOS THE SACKING OF EL DORADO THE DESERT PILOT/VALLEY OF JEWELS THE RETURN OF FREE RANGE LANNING FREE RANGE LANNING WOODEN GUNS KING CHARLIE RED DEVIL OF THE RANGE PRIDE OF TYSON THE OUTLAW TAMER BULL HUNTER'S ROMANCE BULL HUNTER TIGER MAN GUN GENTLEMEN THE MUSTANG HERDER WESTERN TOMMY SPEEDY THE WHITE WOLF TROUBLE IN TIMBERLINE TIMBAL GULCH TRAIL THE BELLS OF SAN FILIPO MARBLEFACE THE RETURN OF THE RANCHER RONICKY DOONE'S REWARD RONICKY DOONE'S TREASURE RONICKY DOONE

Page iii Soft Metal Max Brand

Page iv A LEISURE BOOK March 2000 Published by special arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc. 276 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book." Individual Copyright information for each story is listed in the back of the book. Copyright 1998 by Jane Faust Easton and Adriana Faust Bianchi. Acknowledgment is made to Cond Nast Publications, Inc., for their cooperation. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law. The name Max Brand is a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and cannot be used for any purpose without express written permission. ISBN 0-8439-4698-9 The name "Leisure Books" and the stylized "L" with design are trademarks of Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc. Printed in the United States of America.

Page v Table of Contents The Red Bandanna 1 His Name His Fortune 85 Soft Metal 157

Page 1 The Red Bandanna "The Red Bandanna" first appeared under the byline George Owen Baxter in Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine in the issue dated 2/4/33. In this story Clancy Morgan, a carefree, handsome cowpuncher, returns to his home town when he believes his best friend, Danny Travis, is in potential danger. It is the loss of the red bandanna that he wore around his neck that leads to the tables turning, and Clancy has to come to terms with his beliefs on love and friendship. I "A Dead Man" The cook threw a half dozen tomato cans out of the cook wagon, and the men began to knock them about with their Colts. Clancy Morgan, being a new hand on that ranch, took his turn with the rest, but he found that a quart can diminishes to too small a point when it has been hurled by a strong arm. He missed three times running. The other 'punchers looked at him and grinned and nodded. Most of them were missing, too. Only the foreman and the freckle-faced kid from Arizona kept knocking holes in those cans. That swarthy chunk of a cowpuncher, Bill, had taken no part in the proceedings, so Clancy Morgan went over and sat on his heels beside the taciturn man. "You don't waste your time and lead on tin cans, eh?" asked Morgan. "Yeah, and what's the use?" answered Bill. "New cartridges cost money. Maybe I could hit those tin cans

Page 2 as good as the next man. I dunno. I hate waste." "Speaking of real shooting," said Clancy, "Danny Travis is the boy to shoot the spots out of everything."

Next page

1234567...55

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Soft Metal (Leisure Western)»

Look at similar books to Soft Metal (Leisure Western). We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Brandon SANDERSON

The Eleventh Metal: A Mistborn Short Story

Joe Friesen

The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw

Gustav Hasford

The Short-Timers (Full Metal Jacket)

Tom McLeish

Soft Matter: A Very Short Introduction

Clavin Thomas

Wild Bill: the true story of the American frontiers first gunfighter

Clark

Metal Detecting An Essential Guide to Detecting Inland, on Beaches and Under Water

Campbell

The Cabin: Finding Love When You Werent Looking

Friesen Joe

The ballad of Danny Wolfe: life and death in the Indian Posse

Tom Clavin

Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter

Louis LAmour

The Lawless West

Tracie Peterson

Embers of Love

Jim Thompson

Croppers Cabin

Discussion, reviews of the book Soft Metal (Leisure Western) and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.