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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![When East met West](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqyx32x5tgzzxyfrhpwghpm/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260924%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260924T111135Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=5ab0a27481aa0c72a712b6cd2fa5406a0d6e719a69ed5f8ef141f0872a6ea2d1) ## About this work When East met West by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside \*\*\* START OF THE publica.now EBOOK 74958 \*\*\* WHEN EAST MET WEST A Complete Novelette By W. C. Tuttle Author of “Hidden Blood,” “The Lovable Liar,” etc. Some poetical person once wrote: For East is East and West is West. And never the twain shall meet. He was all wrong, that feller—all wrong. And I’ll tell you how I know he was wrong. I ain’t no pessimist. Not by a danged sight, I ain’t. If a little kid burns his fingers on a red-hot stove and keeps away from the fire from that time on, you don’t call him a pessimist. That’s me—burnt to a caution. All the Harper tribe, as far back as I can figure out, was cautious. We bred more runners than we did fighters. Of course there ain’t as many of us as there is Smiths. Smiths predominate, as it were. Anyway, the Smith tribe ain’t got nothin’ to do with this. I ain’t been in Piperock for several weeks. Me and “Dirty Shirt” Jones has been prospectin’ back in the Whisperin’ Creek hills, with our usual good luck—of gettin’ back before all our food was gone. And we finds my pardner, “Magpie” Simpkins, settin’ at the table in our shack, wearin’ his Sunday clothes. Magpie is so danged tall that it takes him all day to find out whether a certain pain is indigestion or inflammation of the kneecaps. He’s solemn, Magpie is. And when that elongated, pious-faced cross between a scientific lecture and a ― fool statement gets pouches under his eyes and droops his eyelids like a blood-hound—caution cometh to me. Magpie is writin’. He’s got ink plumb to his elbow and the floor is plumb littered with paper. Does he welcome us effusively? Like ― he does. He just looks at us,… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fwhen-east-met-west) 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%2Fwhen-east-met-west) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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