Project Gutenberg 2006-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 53 Kelly, Florence Finch 1858 1939 Finch Kelly, Florence Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Emerson's Wife -- Colonel Kate's Protégée -- The Kid of Apache Teju -- A Blaze on Pard Huff -- How Colonel Kate Won Her Spurs -- Hollyhocks -- The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Johnson Sides -- A Piece of Wreckage -- The Story of a Chinee Kid -- Out of Sympathy -- An Old Roman of Mariposa -- Out of the Mouth of Babes -- Posey -- A Case of the Inner Imperative E-text prepared by Al Haines "Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories" by Florence Finch Kelly is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The stories are set in the American West, incorporating themes of camaraderie, adventure, and the struggles within frontier life. Key characters such as Nick Ellhorn and Tommy Tuttle are introduced in a narrative that explores the implications of relationships, responsibilities, and personal choices, particularly as they relate to newfound complications brought on by marriage. The opening of the collection introduces readers to Nick Ellhorn, waking up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there, revealing his state of inebriation and setting a light-hearted tone. As he contemplates his thirst for cocktails, his friend Tommy Tuttle arrives with pressing news about the dangerous Dysert gang, a criminal group terrorizing the area. The two men discuss the urgency of the situation and the desire to involve Emerson, their prudent friend who has just returned from his wedding. The narrative sets up an impending conflict while highlighting the dynamics of friendship, duty, and the shifting priorities resulting from Emerson’s marriage, ultimately foreshadowing the challenges they will face together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 364519 360758 2024-10-08T07:16:49.091136 2023-09-08T09:02:33.924273 text/html text/html 359596 2006-05-04T12:04:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 318917 2020-12-13T22:51:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 403892 2024-10-08T07:16:57.391080 application/epub+zip 406568 2024-10-08T07:16:52.710142 application/epub+zip 201251 2024-10-08T07:16:51.375157 application/epub+zip 604944 2024-10-08T07:17:00.978100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588741 2024-10-08T07:16:56.517099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376524 2022-09-08T15:49:26.739675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340884 340875 2024-10-08T07:16:48.343129 2023-09-08T09:02:33.267259 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 341066 2020-12-13T22:51:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131342 2020-12-13T22:51:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341073 2020-12-13T22:51:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131327 2020-12-13T22:51:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21868 2024-10-08T07:17:01.109560 application/rdf+xml 15870 2024-10-08T07:16:51.939131 image/jpeg 3641 2024-10-08T07:16:51.654109 image/jpeg 397468 2024-10-08T07:16:49.134129 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia