Project Gutenberg 2009-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 188 Watson, Robert 1882 1948 The Spoilers of the Valley Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Spoilers of the Valley" by Robert Watson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a ranching community, centering on a young woman named Eileen Pederstone who finds herself in a tense situation when a fugitive, claiming to be a runaway convict, seeks refuge in her home. The narrative explores themes of trust, moral dilemmas, and the impact of past choices as Eileen becomes entwined in the fugitive's desperate plight. At the start of the book, Eileen is introduced as she stands at her window, enjoying a serene night when she hears distant gunshots and excited voices. Her peaceful evening is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a disheveled man who pleads for help, revealing that he is being hunted. Eileen's compassion drives her to hide him from pursuers, leading to a tense confrontation with members of the community who are searching for the escaped convict. As she forges a connection with the fugitive, they engage in deep conversations that hint at deeper complexities in both their characters and backgrounds, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en British Columbia -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 738818 738841 2024-09-12T15:03:23.654264 2023-09-13T07:07:35.041312 text/html text/html 788991 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 282182 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 336384 2024-09-12T15:03:35.963205 application/epub+zip 352205 2024-09-12T15:03:25.642199 application/epub+zip 344806 2024-09-12T15:03:24.500241 application/epub+zip 612224 2024-09-12T15:03:43.273099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599173 2024-09-12T15:03:34.955209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596701 2022-09-13T16:08:20.140002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641493 641409 2024-09-12T15:03:20.350224 2023-09-13T07:07:31.866306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 641292 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 251590 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 641287 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 251553 2021-01-05T09:46:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19844 2024-09-12T15:03:43.430126 application/rdf+xml 12917 2024-09-12T15:03:24.885222 image/jpeg 3768 2024-09-12T15:03:24.692253 image/jpeg 329238 2024-09-12T15:03:23.722206 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