Crooked Trails and Straight
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CROOKED TRAILS
AND STRAIGHT
WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
AUTHOR OF
BRAND BLOTTERS, BUCKY O’CONNOR,
MAVERICKS, WYOMING, RIDGWAY OF
MONTANA, A TEXAS RANGER, etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
D. C. HUTCHISON
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
William MacLeod Raine
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PART I
CURLY
CHAPTER I
FOLLOWING A CROOKED TRAIL
CHAPTER II
CAMPING WITH OLD MAN TROUBLE
CHAPTER III
AT THE END OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER IV
THE CULLISONS
CHAPTER V
LAURA LONDON
CHAPTER VI
A BEAR TRAP
CHAPTER VII
BAD MEDICINE
CHAPTER VIII
A REHEARSED QUARREL
CHAPTER IX
EAVESDROPPING
CHAPTER X
“STICK TO YOUR SADDLE”
PART II
LUCK
CHAPTER I
AT THE ROUND UP CLUB
CHAPTER II
LUCK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III
AN INITIALED HAT
CHAPTER IV
KATE USES HER QUIRT
CHAPTER V
“AIN’T SHE THE GAMEST LITTLE THOROUGHBRED?”
CHAPTER VI
TWO HATS ON A RACK
CHAPTER VII
ANONYMOUS LETTERS
CHAPTER VIII
A MESSAGE IN CIPHER
CHAPTER IX
“THE FRIENDS OF L. C. SERVE NOTICE”
CHAPTER X
CASS FENDRICK MAKES A CALL
CHAPTER XI
A COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XII
AN ARREST
CHAPTER XIII
A CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XIV
A TOUCH OF THE THIRD DEGREE
CHAPTER XV
BOB TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER XVI
A CLEAN UP
CHAPTER XVII
THE PRODIGAL SON
CHAPTER XVIII
CUTTING TRAIL
CHAPTER XIX
A GOOD SAMARITAN
CHAPTER XX
LOOSE THREADS