The Victors
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(Chapter 9)
They were not walking toward the restaurant. In fact, they were walking in the opposite direction, leaving the camp quickly behind as they walked to the west. For a moment, Steffi was confused. Then she realized it was Ning Quan who was practically driving Su Chang before her. The gunbarrel of her derringer sparkled in the sunlight as they began to move out of sight. Grabbing the rifle and a handful of bullets, Steffi raced down the back stairway, intent on keeping them within her line of vision. If she lost them in the wild arroyos and dry gulches, she might never locate them again.
(Chapter 21
However, one member had the potential to lose a lot. In fact, if the committee ever found out that their chairman, Leland Blackburn, the mysterious financier with Royal Spanish connections, had been involved with Harrison Hathaway and the Dutchman, Van Kamp--unsuspecting dupes who knew nothing of his association with Marathon Mining--in assisting in the financing of the Rose Pit Mine, his presence would no longer be welcome. Further, if they knew that he'd served five years on Devil's Island for his involvement in a major stock swindle that rocked the very foundations of French aristocracy some ten years ago, none of them would be able to sleep well at night. They all knew he was a man with a checkered background, but, they loved the mysterious front he put on, his international connections, and, besides, up until now, hadn't he made them a ton of money?
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Malcolm and Steffi Frazier and their partners, Ben Wang and Su Chang, engineered a miraculous escape on the Journada Del Muerto. They'd battled hordes of Indians and slave traders directed by the Tong Of The Black Hand to capture Su Chang. In Arizona, they could begin operating their recently acquired Rose Pit mine, unearthing the copper to construct a gigantic transatlantic telegraph cable from the U. S. to Europe. Mines that meet their production schedules will become fabulously wealthy. Others will face financial ruin in the desert wasteland. A mammoth competitor rises up to crush the upstart mine. Meanwhile, the dreaded Tong finds Su Chang and challenges Steffi. Facing total ruin, Malcolm welds together a fighting team of miners and teamsters, then despairs when loyal men die for the cause. Financiers playing for huge stakes are caught up in the battles and risk their lives in the bowels of the earth. This final episode of The Black Hand Series features spectacular battles and escapes from Arizona to Mexico and New York to California.
About the Author
Ernie Frazier, a grandson of Kansas pioneers who came west in a covered wagon, was raised near ol’ Dodge City, the infamous cowtown that helped make the west wild. He has also lived in Arizona and Texas and travels extensively in many of the areas he writes about, touring mines and ancient ruins in the U. S. and Mexico. His experiences--some of which are vividly revisited in his writings--provide much of his inspiration. As a young soldier he was exposed to the underbelly of life while stationed on the Arizona-Mexico border. Later he began a career which provides financial products and services to estate and business owners. His knowledge of banking comes from having served on a bank's board of directors, feeding cattle, and by selling operating businesses to investors.