Raymond S. Spears,
The Golden Pears — Chapter 11
(1912)
“ Andrest repeated to himself over and over again. "I'm peaceable, and I mean harm to no man, but I'm not going to be hounded around any more. If old Clinchell rides out of Deerport a free man, then I'll waylay him, and I'll see if I'm going to be run around like I was a rabbit with a dog on my track, and nothing to fight back with!" ”
Raymond S. Spears,
The Golden Pears — Chapter 11
(1912)
“ I won't let any man treat me so, neither. No man has any right to treat another man like a dog, no matter how rich he is!"His meditations stirred the anger of the river youth as it had never been stirred before. He declined to excuse Clinchell on the plea that the planter had acted in defense of Sue Belle. ”
Raymond S. Spears,
The Golden Pears — Chapter 11
(1912)
“ The finding of the girl's sidesaddle in the shanty-boat might have two constructions, but old Clinchell would admit but one.He did not know what Andrest had done in trailing the homing mule until confronted by Ruster Delve, the old man who lived in the shack with a skiff on the roof. Andrest had not asked the old settler's name, but he was easily found, and he readily undertook to go with Deputy Resner to Deerport, on condition that he should not be taken through the Dark Bend swamps, of which he was so much afraid. ”
