Hugh Pendexter

Name: The Mantle of Red Evans
Author: Hugh Pendexter

The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

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“The Mantle of Red Evans”, published in 1911, is a work by Hugh Pendexter. It explores elements such as Sandville, Red Evans and bartender.

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ Ordinarily, the coming of Miss Holt as manager of the hotel would have caused much gossip. In truth, it should have crowded the bar with the curious: but to the average masculine Sandville mind, this innovation of a woman manager was overshadowed by the presence of Red Evans.
During the brief life of the town the citizens had sadly felt the want of a successful bad man. Almost every Saturday night the shining lights of Cross Tree and Tibtown invaded the defenseless hamlet and crowded the walk from saloon to saloon, with none to deny them their blustering pleasure. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ The bartender reached his apogee of resentment. He slowly removed his apron, to the applause of a general, expectant grin. He loved this homage of the always thirsty, although at times he pretended to brush it aside. Now he accepted it with a promise in his eyes; and, stepping behind the stranger, and thrusting forward his sullen jaw, he clapped a hand on the dusty shoulder and in a low, jarring voice demanded:
"Who'n thunder be you?" ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ I am not a gun-fighter. I am no longer a fraud- But I can see you think me what is worse than either—a coward. I'll find this—"
"Quit that," she broke in in a wailing voice. She approached close to him, bowing her head in her hands. "I've been praying that you might be what you are, I knew you weren't Red Evans; but you had so much nerve with Big Rennon I thought you must be a gun-man. I was happy when Bill Rogers poked you around with the gun, and I could see you were green at the game, or you'd have had him a dozen times. And as I began to hope, I stepped in. I—I'm tired of gun-fighting. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ There are a dozen ropes hungry for his worthless neck." Wheeling on the cowering Mr. Rogers, she continued: "If you value your worthless life, don't let the men outside know a woman took your guns away. You say it was Red Evans that did it, or I'll speak loud. Git!"
As the man backed from the room, she broke the guns, scattering the cartridges over the floor. Handing the weapons to the stupefied youth, she said with a bitter laugh:
"I happen to know Bill Rogers far south of here. He didn't expect to meet me in Sandville. But you'd better keep up the farce and toss the guns into the street." ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ Her small figure was drawn up to its fullest possibilities as she sternly told him:
"You're being broke wouldn't prevent your stopping here, as many good men get down on their luck in this rough-and-tumble country. But no gun-man comes here. You must look for lodgings elsewhere."
His jaw dropped, then clinched, as he sneered:
"I didn't know this was a Y. M. C. A. joint."
"It's a hotel," she simply returned, "not a dueling-ground. I was hired by Mr. McCarty to run this place after several men failed. I was running his Upland Springs hotel, and he reckons I'll do. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ McCarty was his friend. My father got a reputation as a bad man by accident—in defending my mother from insult. He had to live up to his reputation or be killed. He always warned me against men who carry guns. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ Red Evans, his hands empty, was brushing aside the Cross Tree contingent and was approaching the exultant giant.
"What'll ye have? Name yer pi'zen, boys. The best in the house! Whoopee! Only don't let me see no Sandville cur a drinking at the bar while I'm here!"
"Remove the bottles, bartender," Evans's low voice broke in at Rennon's elbow. As the giant whirled, reaching for his gun, Evans softly advised: "Don't!" ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1911)

“ And I'm here to make ye answer for yer nerve. To t'ink of ye making believe ye was the real Simon pure R. E.! A man of your size pretending to be a gen'leman! I've told the gang outside I was going to drag ye out by the heels! ”

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