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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Mountain killers](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqzqs1m4mt3x7mdkdxypsww/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260913%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260913T140451Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=abb08ea03a77023bd968992340b3284d4d8df2edb0d01133d9c61acc57ddf18d) ## About this work Mountain killers by Thomas Barclay Thomson — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside MOUNTAIN KILLERS Lying in wait for his brother’s murderer, Olaf Swensen planned to execute mountain justice—but fate crouched in the background. By Thomas Barclay Thomson The rifle barrel peered malignantly, implacably, over the edge of the huge rock. Behind it, his eyes fixed upon the sun-drenched mountain trail below, lay Olaf Swensen. A full two hours had passed since Olaf first took up his vigil; yet no sign of impatience did he show. For six months, now, he had awaited this chance to kill Sim Satterlee. What did a few minutes, one way or another, matter to him? Back of Olaf, above him, in the fork of the giant pine, the thing crouched, jaws slavering, tail twitching. Hunger urged it to leap, but man was not to be thus lightly attacked. The cougar, old, slow on the game trails, had learned the slower speed of man and his puny strength, but animal instinct demanded caution. This man below was armed, himself a killer who lay in ambush. From far down the cañon, came the ring of iron on stone, followed by heavy oaths, as the driver urged his string of pack-mules up the steep trail. Yesterday Sim Satterlee, Shifty Sim, had been tried and acquitted of the murder of Lars Swensen, Olaf’s brother. Olaf knew that nothing would prevent Sim’s hurried flight to the sanctity of his mountain retreat in the fastnesses of Dead Man’s Gulch. So, overlooking the trail over which Sim must pass on his way to his mountain aerie, Olaf grimly awaited his coming. Man and gun were welded in one weapon, grim, purposeful, vengeful. The lion, too, ceased all motion; the twitching tail was stilled. With effortless stride, the lanky, black-visaged mountaineer slouched along below, trailing the plodding, scuffing feet of the mules. His shifty, darting… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmountain-killers) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fmountain-killers) No reviews yet. 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