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100	1		_aDavis, J. Frank _q(James Francis), _d1870-1942
245	1	0	_aConversation
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from the April, 1930 issue of The Blue Book magazine.
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-26
508			_aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
520			_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.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cChicago, IL: The McCall Company, 1930
653			_aShort stories
653			_aWestern stories
653			_aTexas -- Fiction
653			_aGunfighters -- Fiction
830		0	_aProduced from the April, 1930 issue of The Blue Book magazine.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77793
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