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She planned cunningly how she would tell her story. Deadwood was an opportunity he could not afford to give up, and so she seized the chance for a visit home. She polished phrases that would make his four-day stage ride and his leaky tent and his job for George Hearst seem an adventure. And in the process of framing the West and her husband in words, she began to leave them behind. 209
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544 “Forgive me, I should not be bitter. Yet I cannot see one ray of light. Perhaps we can sell this house to someone who can afford it, Burns perhaps, and move down into the Mallett cabin and herd people's sheep or plow their sagebrush. It seems the logical conclusion of our effort to reclaim and civilize the West.”
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228 Rodman is surprised. So am I, actually— have never formulated precisely what it is I have been doing, but the minute I say it I know I have said it right. What interests me in all these papers is not Susan Burling Ward the novelist and illustrator, and not Oliver Ward the en-gineer, and not the West they spend their lives in. What really interests me is how two such unlike particles clung together, …
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The truth about my son is that despite his good nature, his intelli-gence, his extensive education, and his bulldozer energy, he is as blunt as a kick in the shins. He is peremptory even with a doorbell button.
His thumb never inquires whether one is within, and then waits to see.
It pushes, and ten seconds later pushes again, and one second after that goes down on the button and stays there. 7
— Jul 21, 2026 05:25PM
His thumb never inquires whether one is within, and then waits to see.
It pushes, and ten seconds later pushes again, and one second after that goes down on the button and stays there. 7
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The truth about my son is that despite his good nature, his intelli-gence, his extensive education, and his bulldozer energy, he is as blunt as a kick in the shins. He is peremptory even with a doorbell button.
His thumb never inquires whether one is within, and then waits to see.
It pushes, and ten seconds later pushes again, and one second after that goes down on the button and stays there. 7
— Jul 21, 2026 05:25PM
His thumb never inquires whether one is within, and then waits to see.
It pushes, and ten seconds later pushes again, and one second after that goes down on the button and stays there. 7