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Singing wires, a western story, L.P. Holmes

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Singing wires

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L.P. Holmes

a western story

"When word of the Pony Express being formed reached Clay Roswell in Texas, he decided to get a job as a rider. He was told his best chance for such a job was along the desert stretch in Nevada Territory, so that was where he headed. Along the trail, he met two brothers, Jess and Hoke Pickard, and agreed to team up with them, at least as far as Salt Lake. They made camp one night in Weber Cañon, east of Salt Lake, but as Roswell lay in his blankets, the Pickards tried to club him to death. They stole his money and his horses, and left him for dead. It took Roswell a long time to make it to Fort Churchill in Nevada Territory, only to find that the Pony Express was shutting down and the only jobs available were with crews being hired to string telegraph wires across the desert. And it was there in Fort Churchill that Roswell saw the Pickard brothers again, applying for work with the superintendent of the telegraph company. Roswell's brawl with the brothers then and there was an unlikely introduction to superintendent Jack Casement, but he liked what he saw in Roswell and offered him the job as wagon boss for the outfit. Only the fight with the Pickards was not over, and conflict with Indians and an organized gang of highjackers would be added to the challenges now facing Roswell."--, Provided by publisher