blue-coat's

Updated: July 7, 2025

Colina paused to take a drink of water. The judge whispered to a court attendant, who in turn whispered to a policeman. Thereafter the blue-coat's eyes never left Gordon Strange. The half-breed had lost all pretense of smiling. He looked like a trapped animal. The court-room scarcely regarded him. They hung upon Colina's lips. Every time she paused her listeners' pent-up breath escaped.

Hulbert Footner - The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest