The Taming By Francis Lynd Red Butte Western Saga
A vivid railroad drama unfolds in a rugged Red Desert setting with a cowardly superintendent facing dangerous tasks. The narrative weaves wrecks thefts gunplay and highwaymen around a tangled web of betrayals, justice, and hidden loyalties amid a tense labor strike. Flooded with intrigue the plot centers on Flemister Mallock and Lidgerwood as they confront ultimatums and threats to halt all rails at midnight.
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Red Butte
Rockies
Red Desert
Tion
Tullock
Wemister
Joan Matter
Yidgerwood
Copah
Flemister
Langer
Tmatlock
Tlemister
Fudson
Hallock
Rankin
Bnet
Flamister
Judson
Lidgerweed
Angala
McClaskey
Nowa
Desert Intrigue Threads Through a Wrecked Passenger Scene
In Angels, Lidgerwood learns Bart Rufford has awakened and is warned by McCloskey to tell Judson to watch out for himself as plans unfold to get Brewster’s party out of town. The group contemplates eliminating women and hunting the conspirators tied to the wreck.
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Brewster
Bel
Nadia
Arite
Copperette
Lite Butte
Flemister
Lidgerwood
Ian
Lidger
Bart Rifford
Angels
McCloskey
Judson
Rufford
Strikers Threaten Control as Rail Conflict Looms
In a tense labor dispute, Lidgerwood and McCloskey plan a nationwide response to a strike that could halt business by midnight. They mobilize train crews and relief squads to keep goods moving, while questioning loyalties and the presence of Hallock as tensions rise.
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McCloskey
Brotherhood
Bnd
Klewie
Brewster
Lidgerwood
Wiliams
Bradford
Ine
Ransit
Storm Pignala and the Lidgerwood Telegram Plot
Hough Lidgerwood's railway watch leads to a cipher telegram found by Operator Dix at five in the morning. Two uncodified words Fort McCook reveal a possible rebel move on the Pacific Southwestern line near Copah. Dix, loyal to Lidgerwood, shields his private office code but is suspected of private-code curiousity. The plot thickens as McCloskey strengthens defenses and Davidson visits Copporette’s Brewster with a political grievance.
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Dawnsott
Dawson
Goodloe Sry
Benson
Q Lidgerword
Crosswater
Gridley
Trainmaster
Ike
Lidgersgood
Mac
Crow's Nest
McCloskey
Windler
Hallock
Pacific
Copah
Dix
Thinttog
Fort McCook
Onny Post
Crow Files
Pannikin Fom Capah
Cortrery
Loys
Lidgerwood
Hon
Tence
Lttle White
Lecklard
Onlyhos
Digscorner
Ray
Brother
Dis
Callahan
Clalt
Davidson
Copporette
Mr. Brewster
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Grohunt Lowe
ST. John Grain
J. M. Herberger
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