backcappers

Updated: May 1, 2025

The trainmaster's rejoinder was outspokenly blunt. "I've nowhere to run to, Mr. Lidgerwood, and that's no joke. Some of the backcappers will be telling you presently that I was a train despatcher over in God's country, and that I put two trains together. It's your right to know that it's true." "Thank you, Mr. McCloskey," said Lidgerwood simply; "that sounds good to me.

Francis Lynde - The Taming of Red Butte Western