Scotty Smith by F.C. Metrowich. True drama. The "Contents" page shown barely scratches the surface.
He dabbled in the military, diamond smuggling, ranching, safari-guiding etc. Stealing pedigree horses was his speciality.
Scotty Smith was a Scottish outlaw with noble principles and countless stories. Like Robin Hood, Scotty always helped the poor.
With a bounty on his head, he persuaded a poor widow to arrest him and hand him over to claim her reward because he knew he could easily escape.
A farmer died owing about GBP £ 200 on his farm. An unscrupulous lawyer threatened to evict the widow if she did not pay 14 days hence. Scotty gave her the money and insisted she gets a receipt. As scheduled, the lawyer arrived and took the money. Lo and behold, not far away, Scotty held up the lawyer and reaquisitioned the money.
He stayed overnight at a farmhouse where the widow confided she heard Scotty was in the area. Next morning, he left money plus a note signed "Scotty Smith".
Scotty also left money so a child could buy the pony she was saving up to buy.
Scotty saw a poor farmer ploughing with a weary old horse so he donated his much younger spare horse.
He and his partner in crime saw a possee of 30 searching for him. Scotty rode up, joined them and spent 2 days searching for himself. While the camp was sleeping, Scotty stole all their horses.
He gained such a reputation that a bully in a bar complaining about the music quickly departed when Scotty identified himself.
Scotty knew the Kalahari between Kimberly and Rhodesia. He spoke Afrikaans fluently plus the Bushman language.
While disguised as a Basuto labourer, he worked at a mine for a week or so to investigate a crime because he also spoke Sotho.
Within the book, about 20% of the pages have ink asterisks which quickly identify the poignant, ironic or amusing sections for quick retrieval.
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