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Armed and Dangerous - Excerpt
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Edie Harris could read another page of her dime novel, a squeal of metal
brought her back to her surroundings inside the Pullman car. She frowned
at the train's creaky sounds and loud choppy clacking. Surely they hadn't
arrived at the station already? Marking her page with her finger, she looked
out the window. Edie froze. A gleaming pair of gray eyes stared at her through the glass. Beneath the man's black hat was a thatch of tumbleweed hair, which blew away from his face by the force of the train's moving air. A faded red kerchief covered the lower portion of his face. The skin around the stranger's eyes crinkled as if he found her horror amusing. But when his kerchief fell down, exposing his face, his amusement vanished. His eyes hardened, and his face looked cruel. A disfigured hand jerked the kerchief back into place. Edie gasped. A train robbery! She bellowed out a bloodcurdling scream that would have made her father proud, at the same time accidentally hurling her book. It hit the prim gentleman seated directly in front of her on the back of his ear and bounced off onto the floor by her feet. He jerked his head around in displeasure. She leaned forward, clutching his shoulder. "Robbers! She exclaimed, her voice squeaking like a rusty gate. She pointed emphatically at the window. The horrible face had vanished. |
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