At Pinney's Ranch

Edward Bellamy

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From the first time that John Lansing and Mary Hollister laid eyes on one another, they shared a special connection that seemed to transcend space and time. After their marriage, Lansing suddenly finds himself the subject of an intense manhunt and flees town. Will their strange link be able to survive his exile?

Sujets

• Short story

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• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781776585397
• Langue: English

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AT PINNEY'S RANCH
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EDWARD BELLAMY
 
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At Pinney's Ranch
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John Lansing first met Mary Hollister at the house of his friend Pinney,whose wife was her sister. She had soft gray eyes, a pretty color in hercheeks, rosy lips, and a charming figure. In the course of the eveningsomebody suggested mind-reading as a pastime, and Lansing, who had somepowers, or supposed powers, in that direction, although he laughedat them himself, experimented in turn with the ladies. He failed withnearly every subject until it came Mary Hollister's turn. As she placedher soft palm in his, closed her eyes, and gave herself up to hisinfluence, he knew that he should succeed with her, and so he did.She proved a remarkably sympathetic subject, and Lansing was himselfsurprised, and the spectators fairly thrilled, by the feats he was ableto perform by her aid. After that evening he met her often, and therewas more equally remarkable mind-reading; and then mind-reading wasdropped for heart-reading, and the old, old story they read in eachother's hearts had more fascination for them than the new science.Having once discovered that their hearts beat in unison, they took nomore interest in the relation of their minds.
The action proper of this story begins four years after their marriage,with a very shocking event,—nothing less than the murder of AustinFlint, who was found dead one morning in the house in which he livedalone. Lansing had no hand in the deed, but he might almost as well havehad; for, while absolutely guiltless, he was caught in one of those netsof circumstance which no foresight can avoid, whereby innocent men aresometimes snared helplessly, and delivered over to a horrid death. Therehad been a misunderstanding between him and the dead man, and onlya couple of days before the murder, they had exchanged blows on thestreet.