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Ridgwell Cullum

The Men Who WroughtCullum Ridgwell The Men Who Wrought CHAPTER I THE DANGER "Amongst the many uncertainties which this deplorable, patched-up peace has brought us, there is, at least, one significant certainty, my boy. It's the inventor. He's buzzing about our heads like a fly in summer-time, and...

The Son of his FatherCullum Ridgwell The Son of his Father CHAPTER I UNREPENTANT "To wine, women and gambling, at the age of twenty-four – one hundred thousand dollars. That's your bill, my boy, and – I've got to pay it."James Carbhoy leaned back smiling, his half-humorous eyes squarely challengi...

The Trail of the Axe: A Story of Red Sand ValleyCullum Ridgwell The Trail of the Axe: A Story of Red Sand Valley CHAPTER I DAVE Dave was thirty-two, but looked forty; for, in moulding his great, strong, ugly face, Nature had been less than kind to him. It is probable, from his earliest, Dave had ...

The Way of the StrongCullum Ridgwell The Way of the Strong PART I CHAPTER I ON SIXTY-MILE CREEK It was a grim, gray day; a day which plainly told of the passing of late fall across the border line of the fierce northern winter. Six inches of snow had fallen during the night, and the leaden overca...

The Law-BreakersCullum Ridgwell The Law-Breakers CHAPTER I WATCHING THE LINE There was no shade anywhere. The terrible glare of the summer sun beat down upon the whole length of the wooden platform at Amberley. Hot as was the dry, bracing air, it was incomparable with the blistering intensity of ...

In the Brooding WildCullum Ridgwell In the Brooding Wild CHAPTER I. ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE To the spirit which broods over the stupendous solitudes of the northern Rockies, the soul of man, with all its complex impulses, is but so much plastic material which it shapes to its own inscrutable ends. Fo...

The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle countryCullum Ridgwell The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country CHAPTER I A GENTLEMAN RANKER Dan McLagan shifted his cigar, and his face lit with a grin of satisfaction.“Seventy-five per cent, of calves,” he murmured, glancing out at the sunlit yar...

The Hound From The NorthCullum Ridgwell The Hound From The North CHAPTER I IN THE MOUNTAINS A pallid sun, low, gleaming just over a rampart of mountain-tops. Sundogs–heralds of stormy weather–fiercely staring, like sentries, upon either hand of the mighty sphere of light. Vast glaciers shimmering...

The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum The Twins of Suffering Creek CHAPTER I POTTER’S CLAY Scipio moved about the room uncertainly. It was characteristic of him. Nature had given him an expression that suggested bewilderment, and, somehow, this expression had got into his movements.He was s...

The Night Riders: A Romance of Early MontanaCullum Ridgwell The Night Riders: A Romance of Early Montana CHAPTER I IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES Forks Settlement no longer occupies its place upon the ordnance map of the state of Montana. At least not the Forks Settlement – the one which nestled...