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The Scarlet Car
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No old newspaper man can believe that there ever existed such a copy boy as Gallegher, or that a murderer with a finger missing from one hand could escape detection even in a remote country village. Greed would have urged the constable to haul to the calaboose every stranger who wore gloves. But he managed to attach so many accurate details of description to the romance that it leaves as definite an impression of realism as any of Mr. Howells's purposely realistic stories. The scene in the news paper o?ice, the picture of the prize-fight, the mix ture of toughs and swells, the spectators in their short gray overcoats with pearl buttons (like most good story-tellers he was strong on the tailoring touch), the talk of cabmen and policemen, the swift ness of the way the story is told, as if he were in a hurry to let his reader know something he had actually seen  create such an impression of truth that when the reader finishes he finds himself pic turing Gallegher on the Witness-stand at the murder trial receiving the thanks of the judge. And he wonders what became of this precocious infant, and whether he was rewarded in time by receiving the hand of the sister of the sporting editor in marriage.
No old newspaper man can believe that there ever existed such a copy boy as Gallegher, or that a murderer with a finger missing from one hand could escape detection even in a remote country village. Greed would have urged the constable to haul to the calaboose every stranger who wore gloves. But he managed to attach so many accurate details of description to the romance that it leaves as definite an impression of realism as any of Mr. Howells's purposely realistic stories. The scene in the news paper o?ice, the picture of the prize-fight, the mix ture of toughs and swells, the spectators in their short gray overcoats with pearl buttons (like most good story-tellers he was strong on the tailoring touch), the talk of cabmen and policemen, the swift ness of the way the story is told, as if he were in a hurry to let his reader know something he had actually seen  create such an impression of truth that when the reader finishes he finds himself pic turing Gallegher on the Witness-stand at the murder trial receiving the thanks of the judge. And he wonders what became of this precocious infant, and whether he was rewarded in time by receiving the hand of the sister of the sporting editor in marriage.
421 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1907
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June 27, 2017
There is a jailbreak, trespassing, and a kidnapping, in that order.
At least in my free copy, it came that way. I was a little confused by the jump from chapter/story one to chapter/story two because it was very abrupt. The transition between 2 and 3 was much better. I’m thinking that I might have gotten a hold of an incomplete copy as a free e-book.
It was worth it though, it was so fun! (The rest of the review will be a
There were a couple of swear words.
At least in my free copy, it came that way. I was a little confused by the jump from chapter/story one to chapter/story two because it was very abrupt. The transition between 2 and 3 was much better. I’m thinking that I might have gotten a hold of an incomplete copy as a free e-book.
It was worth it though, it was so fun! (The rest of the review will be a
There were a couple of swear words.
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