The Upper Hand

Steve Carson, a mine foreman, is a gambler, given to drinking to excess and brutal to his wife, a woman of superior quality, who lives in constant fear and dread of him. The miners all hate ... Read allSteve Carson, a mine foreman, is a gambler, given to drinking to excess and brutal to his wife, a woman of superior quality, who lives in constant fear and dread of him. The miners all hate him. One day, Blake, a young prospector from the east, arrives at Rex Gulch, and is invite... Read allSteve Carson, a mine foreman, is a gambler, given to drinking to excess and brutal to his wife, a woman of superior quality, who lives in constant fear and dread of him. The miners all hate him. One day, Blake, a young prospector from the east, arrives at Rex Gulch, and is invited up to Carson's home with some of the other men, to play poker. There Blake notes Carson'... Read all