By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name

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Cover of the book By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name by Boyd Cable, Library of Alexandria
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Author: Boyd Cable ISBN: 9781465622143
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Boyd Cable
ISBN: 9781465622143
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

It was fiercely hot inside the hut, although the click and snap of the tin roof spoke of its cooling now that the sun was off it. The men eating their supper at the long deal table sat with shirt sleeves rolled up and collars open at the throat, and the sweat drops glistening on their browned faces, brick-red arms, and lean throats. In spite of the heat they ate hugely, as men do who have spent a long day in the saddle, and “Blazes,” the cook, was kept busy replenishing the heaped-up plates. As they finished, one by one the men pushed their plates back and loaded their pipes, and the reek of strong tobacco mingled with the smells of cooked meats and the kerosene lamp on the wall. “Scottie” Mackellar, slow and deliberate in eating as in most things, was the last to finish and light his pipe. He had been down to the station that day, just returning as supper was served, and although the men waited expectantly for news or orders, they waited without questions, knowing Scottie and his ways, and that questions were more likely to delay than hasten his words.

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It was fiercely hot inside the hut, although the click and snap of the tin roof spoke of its cooling now that the sun was off it. The men eating their supper at the long deal table sat with shirt sleeves rolled up and collars open at the throat, and the sweat drops glistening on their browned faces, brick-red arms, and lean throats. In spite of the heat they ate hugely, as men do who have spent a long day in the saddle, and “Blazes,” the cook, was kept busy replenishing the heaped-up plates. As they finished, one by one the men pushed their plates back and loaded their pipes, and the reek of strong tobacco mingled with the smells of cooked meats and the kerosene lamp on the wall. “Scottie” Mackellar, slow and deliberate in eating as in most things, was the last to finish and light his pipe. He had been down to the station that day, just returning as supper was served, and although the men waited expectantly for news or orders, they waited without questions, knowing Scottie and his ways, and that questions were more likely to delay than hasten his words.

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