Parrish, Randall: Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune. V1. 6 Apr 2010
 

Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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I had placed the lumber inside the yard as directed, and was already rehitching the traces, when the man crossed the street slowly, switching his light cane carelessly in the air. I had noticed him before standing there in the doorway of the drug store, my attention attracted by the fashionable cut of his clothes, and the manner in which he watched me work. Now, as he rounded the heads of the mules, I straightened up, observing him more closely.