Author’s Note
To save our ‘old hands’ repetition, but for the benefit of new readers, we have included certain information regarding the Old West about which we have frequently received requests for clarification in the form of an Appendix.
We realize that, in our present ‘permissive’ society, we could use the actual profanities employed by various people in the narrative. However, we do not concede a spurious desire to create realism is any excuse to do so.
Lastly, as we refuse to pander to the current ‘trendy’ usage of the metric system, except when referring to the caliber of certain firearms traditionally measured in millimeters—i.e. Walther P-38, 9mm—we will continue to employ miles, yards, feet, inches, stones, pounds and ounces, when quoting distances or weights.
J. T. EDSON