Galen C. Colin

“ Soon a dozen well-armed men were on the trail.
Knowing of Snake's mountain cabin, it was there that the hunt centered. A thorough search failed to reveal the well-concealed hiding place. On account of the intense darkness it was useless to search further that night. The man hunters bunked down in the cabin to snatch a few hours of sleep before dawn. It was their stirring that awakened Snake. Day was just breaking. For some moments he lay with his eyes closed, listening to the comments on the killing. ”

“ A medical student who spends his days cutting up cadavers and listening to lectures on symptoms and ailments needs at least one day's relaxation each week. But final examinations began Monday morning, and I was not sure of myself in optical anatomy. That is the reason "Happy" Bill Ransom found me in my room that drizzly and drear June night. ”

“ A fiery temper had Snake. Physical cowardice—abject terror at thought of physical injury—made him hold his temper well in hand toward men. The incident at his first visit to Clayton Springs was his only display. ”

“ They were watching a man, who was a stranger to most of them, making his way toward them down the trail from the hills.
"It’s Ben Tibbits," said Jem Bates. "He’s the feller that came over the divide a mouth or two ago and built a cabin about ten miles up the trail. Don’t know much about him, but what I do know is too much. He beats his wife." ”

“ It maddened me that the cemeteries guarded thousands of skeletons and I could not even have the smallest and most insignificant of the lot.
"Last Friday I succumbed to temptation. I determined to desecrate the home of the dead. You don't blame me, do you? You know what it is to want something so badly that any sacrifice is not too great. ”

“ A Spell Was Cast by the Cold Blue Eyes
of a Skeleton, But Suddenly
the Spell Snapped
EYES
By GALEN C. COLIN
"HAPPY" Bill Ransom of struggling Medical College days is now Dr. William Ransom, world renowned surgeon, and collects thousands in fat fees every year. But to this day the stare of a pair of unblinking, intense blue eyes will make him shudder. No matter what the possible fee, he will always refuse a case of optical surgery. ”