{"product_id":"2940013755475","title":"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar","description":"I BEEN ACCUSED OF prejudice agen the town of Red Cougar, on\u003cbr\u003eaccount of my habit of avoiding it if I have to ride fifty miles outen\u003cbr\u003emy way to keep from going through there. I denies the slander. It\u003cbr\u003eain't no more prejudiced for me to ride around Red Cougar than it is\u003cbr\u003efor a lobo to keep his paw out of a jump-trap. My experiences in that\u003cbr\u003ethere lair of iniquity is painful to recall. I was a stranger and took\u003cbr\u003ein. I was a sheep for the fleecing, and if some of the fleecers got\u003cbr\u003etheir fingers catched in the shears, it was their own fault. If I\u003cbr\u003eshuns Red Cougar like a plague, that makes it mutual, because the\u003cbr\u003einhabitants of Red Cougar shuns me with equal enthusiasm, even to the\u003cbr\u003ep'int of deserting their wagons and taking to the bresh if they happen\u003cbr\u003eto meet me on the road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI warn't intending to go there in the first place. I been punching\u003cbr\u003ecows over in Utah and was heading for Bear Creek, with the fifty bucks\u003cbr\u003ea draw poker game had left me outa my wages. When I seen a trail\u003cbr\u003ebranching offa the main road I knowed it turnt off to Red Cougar, but\u003cbr\u003eit didn't make no impression on me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I hadn't gone far past it when I heard a hoss running, and the\u003cbr\u003enext thing it busted around a bend in the road with foam flying from\u003cbr\u003ethe bit rings. They was a gal on it, looking back over her shoulder\u003cbr\u003edown the road. Jest as she rounded the turn her hoss stumbled and went\u003cbr\u003eto its knees, throwing her over its head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was offa Cap'n Kidd in a instant and catched her hoss before it\u003cbr\u003ecould run off. I helped her up, and she grabbed holt of me and\u003cbr\u003ehollered: \"Don't let 'em get me!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Who?\" I said, taking off my hat with one hand and drawing a .45\u003cbr\u003ewith the other'n.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gang of desperadoes!\" she panted. \"They've chased me for five\u003cbr\u003emiles! Oh, please don't let 'em get me!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"They'll tech you only over my dead carcass,\" I assured her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe gimme a look which made my heart turn somersets. She had black\u003cbr\u003ecurly hair and big innercent gray eyes, and she was the purtiest gal\u003cbr\u003eI'd saw in a coon's age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, thank you!\" she panted. \"I knowed you was a gent the minute I\u003cbr\u003eseen you. Will you help me up onto my hoss?\"","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079608975600,"sku":"2940013755475","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013755475_p0.jpg?v=1763589845","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013755475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}