Mountain killers
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2025-11-27 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #77343 |
Description
The enchanted kingdom by Nevis Shane is a short story written in the early 20th century. It likely explores vengeance, moral hesitation, and the harsh, fateful justice of a rugged mountain landscape. A stoic mountaineer, Olaf Swensen, ambushes Sim Satterlee, the man acquitted of murdering Olaf’s brother, along a sunlit trail. As Sim approaches with his pack mules, a starving cougar crouches above, turning the standoff into a three-way tension. Olaf, after taunting his enemy, breaks and cannot shoot; at that instant the cougar leaps, and Sim draws his revolver, wounding the beast midair. The animal overshoots Olaf and crashes down on Sim; despite more shots, it mauls him fatally. When Olaf rushes down, Sim’s last words reveal he had tried to kill Olaf and simply missed; he dies unrepentant, and fate—not the avenger’s hand—delivers the final justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)