02460cam a22004093u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500270015626400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033349000620036950000310043150800300046252010780049253400630157065300180163365300200165165300310167165300390170265300280174165300550176965300500182465300520187483000620192685600430198899900190203176171UtSlPG20260610134749.0mcr n260607r20251916utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aTuttle, W. C.q(Wilbur C.),d1883-196910aDerelicts of the hills 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the June, 1916 issue of Adventure magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-05-27  aRoger Frank and Sue Clark  a"Derelicts of the hills by W. C. Tuttle" is a humorous Western short story written in the early 20th century. It follows two prospectors in a rough frontier settlement, mixing camp-life comedy with a tangle of romance and deception around a notorious mining man.  An Eastern visitor, Frederick Norwood, rides into the hills seeking Tellurium Woods and meets Ike Harper, who explains why Woods won’t be found and recounts the misadventures of his partner, Magpie Simpkins. Magpie, a kind but impractical dreamer dabbling in fads from psychology to spiritualism, falls hard for a Piperock waitress named Minnie, buys her a flashy ring, and plans a swift wedding. On the trail back to town, Ike and Magpie meet a bowlegged stranger, Gus Summers, hunting Woods with a shotgun for running off with his wife—Minnie. The truth hits Magpie, who quietly calls off his plans and heads back to the hills, chastened but steady, while Ike closes the tale with wry good humor as Magpie returns to his beans and their partnership endures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: The Ridgway Company, 1916  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aMale friendship -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aStorytelling -- Fiction  aSimpkins, Magpie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction  aHarper, Ike (Fictitious character) -- Fiction  aPiperock (Montana : Imaginary place) -- Fiction 0aProduced from the June, 1916 issue of Adventure magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76171  c116896d116896