Its central character runs into Tom Simson and Piney Woods while on the way to Sandy Bar, but the entire party gets snowed in by a blizzard and perishes, including their leader, a gambler.
Several characters in this story sing the refrain "I'm proud to live in the service of the Lord, and I'm bound to die in his army" to the accompaniment of an accordion played by a character known as "The Innocent." The end of this story features an epitaph written on a deuce of clubs pinned to a pine tree, and in an earlier scene Uncle Billy runs off with all the mules. Its central character runs into Tom Simson and Piney Woods while on the way to Sandy Bar, but the entire party gets snowed in by a blizzard and perishes, including their leader, a gambler. For 10 points, identify this story in which John Oakhurst leads the title group of exiles across the Sierras, a work by Bret Harte.
Several characters in this story sing the refrain "I'm proud to live in the service of the Lord, and I'm bound to die in his army" to the accompaniment of an accordion played by a character known as "The Innocent."
“The {Outcasts} of {Poker Flat}”