Essay Archive - Creative Writing: The Highwayman
Creative Writing: The Highwayman
Their journey to London was not a long one, but in the night, it was a
treacherous one. A rolling fog covered the land, one couldn't see twenty feet
ahead, but in the still, quiet night, sound carried for a mile. They began
their trek in the early evening, the sun had yet to dip below the horizon. The
passengers needed in London, could not wait for the next morning. The stage
driver was the best to be found, his fee large, but his experience was priceless.
He was accompanied by another man with a large rifle. The Rifleman had keen
eyes and his ears were at attention, listening over the ....
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