This is a favorite chapter of readers of The Wayfaring Stranger. Enjoy! Joe looked at the knife he already knew too well. He had felt its cold steel against his neck. He was facing a killer and he was now at a great disadvantage. They circled each other like two dogs. Amos was moving the handle of the knife from …
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What to do with a “whupping stick.”
The Wayfaring Stranger Chapter 38 On the third day after Joe Moore had disappeared from Ten Mile, Amos Long and his men were sitting around a campfire, talking, drinking, and laughing when a boy arrived. The boy, about ten or eleven, walked up among the men and stood quietly. Finally, one of the men noticed him, saying, “What …
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Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

