| Author: | Bret Harte | ISBN: | 1230000198872 |
| Publisher: | WDS Publishing | Publication: | November 24, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bret Harte |
| ISBN: | 1230000198872 |
| Publisher: | WDS Publishing |
| Publication: | November 24, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty-third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night. Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he approached, and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences, looked ominous.
As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty-third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night. Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he approached, and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences, looked ominous.
