02108cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000490011324500170016226400510017930000470023033600260027733700260030333800360032949000670036550000310043250800540046352009800051753400650149765300180156265300200158065300210160065300270162183000670164885600430171577793UtSlPG20260610134813.0mcr n260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aDavis, J. Frankq(James Francis),d1870-194210aConversation 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the April, 1930 issue of The Blue Book magazine.  aRelease date is 2026-01-26  aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)  aConversation by J. Frank Davis is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set in a small Texas town, it follows a brewing gunfight to show how reputation, courage, and sharp words can be as decisive as bullets.

After killing Newt Shaw while wearing a hidden breastplate, gunman Jim Begley is cleared as acting in self-defense but earns quiet scorn. Curly Stewart, a local young man in love with Mamie Goodale, resents Begley’s swagger and speaks against him, prompting a deadly challenge. Encouraged by the sheriff—and by hints that Begley’s nerve is shaky—Curly meets him unarmed hands-high in front of the post office and uses steady, taunting talk to unbalance him, promising to outdraw him the instant he moves. Faced with Curly’s composure and the town watching, Begley’s nerve breaks; he lets Curly take his pistol and agrees to leave on the next train, proving that conversation wins the day. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cChicago, IL: The McCall Company, 1930  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aTexas -- Fiction  aGunfighters -- Fiction 0aProduced from the April, 1930 issue of The Blue Book magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77793