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The Rival Trappers, or, Old Pegs, The Mountaineer, Classics To Go

Excerpt: "Hush! Is that a footstep coming up the canon? It came nearer and nearer, and a man of strange appearance suddenly stepped into view, rounding a bend in the canon. At the first glance it seemed that he was a dwarf in stature, but as he advanced, it was plainly to be seen that this was a mistake, for those broad shoulders and herculean arms never belonged to a dwarf. In hight he would scarcely have reached five feet, but his girth of shoulder and hip was something wonderful. In short, he had the body of a giant, set upon a pair of legs so crooked and misshapen that it seemed as if he had borrowed those limbs from some one else."

Albert W. Aiken

Albert W. Aiken (1846-1894) was American actor and author of plays and dime novels. He was a prolific writer of pulp fiction for Beadle and Adams. His plays included The Witches of New York. Aiken was the younger brother of George Aiken, best known for his popular adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin for the stage, and was also a cousin of the famous clown George Fox.

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