In another story by this writer, a man nicknamed (+) "The Innocent" lost forty dollars to a gambler, who gave it all back and warned him never to gamble again.
In one story by this writer, a tombstone-shaped sign saying "Effects of MacGorkle's whiskey, - kills at forty rods" is left next to a passed-out drunk. In that work, the school teacher Miss Mary receives azaleas and favors after rescuing that man, Sandy, and adopts his son, Tommy. In another story by this writer, a man nicknamed (+) "The Innocent" lost forty dollars to a gambler, who gave it all back and warned him never to gamble again. Another character in that story starved herself to give her rations to (*) Piney, while the protagonist announced his suicide with a deuce of clubs pinned by knife to a tree. This author of The Idyl of Red Gulch wrote of Mother Shipton and John Oakhurst dying when their camp was snowed in after being exiled from the title town. For the points, name this author of The Outcasts of Poker Flat.
In one story by this writer, a tombstone-shaped sign saying "Effects of MacGorkle's whiskey, - kills at forty rods" is left next to a passed-out drunk.
Bret Harte