B. M. Bower

Name: The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1
Author: B. M. Bower

The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

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“The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1”, published in 1914, is a work by B. M. Bower. It explores elements such as Spooky, Burney and Shelton.

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ At the top Burney turned and rode forward on the trail which Breed Jim had lately followed, and went forward at a slow, easy trot that slid the miles behind him with the least effort.
At the Sunbeam the men slept heavily in the stuffy darkness of the bunk house. But Burney, their boss, rode and rode through the sage and the lava, and crossed steep gullies, and skirted ledges that no four-footed thing could scale—unless we except the lizards that lived there—and still he went on. The Great Dipper tilted more and more, and the wind rose and blew chill across the uplands. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ You will see the bluest sky in the whole world—or perhaps it only seems so when it bends above so much that is black and utterly desolate.
It was in a gray little valley that the Sunbeam cabins stood. Farther along there was a meadow, to be sure, where hay was cut for the saddle horses to feed upon in winter. But that was around a black elbow of lava that thrust out toward the stream like the crook of a witch's arm hiding jealously the green little nook she had found for herself. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ I was afraid I'd be too young for all the things I wanted to learn. It's a relief to hear I'm too old for something. What's that line of hills called over there?"
"Them! Us Sunbeamers call them the Spook Hills. That's where——" Spooky stopped, spat over the wheel into the sand, and neglected to finish the sentence. He stared morosely at the jagged black sky line, and touched up old Blinker again more viciously than was needful.
"Why are they called Spook Hills? Are there spooks?" Shelton C. Sherman was gifted—or afflicted, as you choose to consider it—with the frank curiosity of a child. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ But when you stop to consider, life itself is a bit hackneyed.
Never mind then how many trustful youths had looked wide-eyed upon the sage before ever Shelton C. Sherman stared solemn-eyed up into the face of his mother. This was his turn, and this is his story, partly. And it was Spooky's pleasing privilege to tell him a good deal that was true and more that was not—about the Sunbeam outfit and the sagebrush country that wrapped it close.
"Yuh don't want to let Burney put you on the fence first thing," Spooky coached when they were within five miles of the ranch. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ Sherman is my name, fellows. I'm just as green as they make them in stories; possibly a shade greener. But Mr. Burney sent me down here to sleep, so I've just about got to force myself on you and crawl into some corner where I won't be too awfully conspicuous." He grinned down at Jim with that cheerful candor which had disarmed Spooky. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ If you go down there you will hear the buzz of a rattler before you find your way out, and you will see horned toads scuttling out of sight in little crevices, and lizards darting over bowlders into hiding beyond. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ He glanced at Spider for the grin of approval he felt he had earned.
Shelton C. yawned widely and involuntarily, and turned over on his back. "Say, you fellows out here must have all kinds of brains to waste," he observed sleepily, and yawned again. "This cabin must have a very brainy atmosphere; maybe—I'll—catch some if I sleep——" He trailed off into mumbling. Presently he opened his eyes with a start and looked toward Spooky. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ You ain't the first to doubt it. Spider, he didn't believe it, either, when I told about it at the ranch. 'N' about two months back, Spider he was prognosticating around over there, trailin' a mountain lion, and he heard it. And he was so danged scart he dropped his rifle and come foggin' home without it. That's a fact. You can ask any of the Sunbeam boys. You ask Spider what he seen over in Spook Hills. That's all—you ask him."
"I will," Shelton promised obligingly. "I wonder if it would scare me if I saw it."
"Hunh!" grunted Spooky. "Don't yuh know?" ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ Spooky explained. "Burney's took him to raise; name of Shep—or something like that. You don't want to mind him, Jim. Go on and tell us."
"What did it look like? A man?" Spider sat down on the end of a bunk and leaned forward interestedly.
Jim shook his head, with a quick glance at Shelton from under his black eyebrows. ”

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B. M. Bower, The Spook Hills Mystery — Chapter 1 (1914)

“ He said he'd have to use me for a straight edge if something wasn't done pretty soon."
"Unh-hunh! Well, she's shore a great country—I reckon maybe you'll widen out some if you stay long enough. What's your age?" ”

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