A Perilous Leap

Joe Mead stood on the porch of "Honest" Dad Shannon's shack, to all intents an agent of a munition factory in search of quicksilver, but, in reality, the head of a clique of smugglers. Dad S... Read allJoe Mead stood on the porch of "Honest" Dad Shannon's shack, to all intents an agent of a munition factory in search of quicksilver, but, in reality, the head of a clique of smugglers. Dad Shannon believed in everybody, despite the fact that he knows Le Cruz, not far from the Mex... Read allJoe Mead stood on the porch of "Honest" Dad Shannon's shack, to all intents an agent of a munition factory in search of quicksilver, but, in reality, the head of a clique of smugglers. Dad Shannon believed in everybody, despite the fact that he knows Le Cruz, not far from the Mexican border, is infested with opium smugglers and Chinese. He allows the "mercury" to be l... Read all