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Excerpt from The Tuftonian
One day late in January, the Overland Express put Charming down at a settlement in the foothills of the Cascade range. An early nightfall shut out the squalor of the little town, but he felt it, for he watched regretfully the red lights of the last car disappear around the curve. Across a street ankle deep in mud, Charming ploughed his way, and pushed open the door of the only hotel whose uncurtained windows had drawn him by their yellow glare. Within, the clamor ceased and the men's voices were hushed for an instant, during which Charming knew he was receiving a most critical examination from the inmates. Then the talk and laughter broke out once more and through the tobacco haze loomed the big hulk of a man whom Charming recognized as the landlord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
