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Morgan, grim as judgment, stood among the crowd of wastrels and women of poisoned lips
[Page 229]

TRAIL’S END BY G. W. OGDEN AUTHOR OF THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE, THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEK, THE LAND OF LAST CHANCE, Etc. FRONTISPIECE BY P. V. E. IVORY GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America


Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1921


Published September, 1921


Copyrighted in Great Britain


Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Unconquered Land[1]
IIThe Meat Hunter[11]
IIIFirst Blood[23]
IVThe Optimist Explains[36]
VAscalon Awake[54]
VIRiders of the Chisholm Trail[65]
VIIA Gentle Cowboy Joke[77]
VIIIThe Avatism of a Man[87]
IXNews From Ascalon[101]
XThe Hour of Vengeance[111]
XIThe Penalty[124]
XIIIn Place of a Regiment[141]
XIIIThe Hand of the Law[157]
XIVSome Fool with a Gun[165]
XVWill His Luck Hold?[176]
XVIThe Meat Hunter Comes[187]
XVIIWith Clean Hands[199]
XVIIIA Bondsman Breathes Easier[216]
XIXThe Curse of Blood[223]
XXUnclean[234]
XXIAs One That Is Dead[241]
XXIIWhiners at the Funeral[245]
XXIIIAscalon Curls Its Lip[259]
XXIVMadness of the Winds[277]
XXVA Summons at Sunrise[290]
XXVIIn The Square at Ascalon[299]
XXVIIAbsolution[315]
XXVIIISunset[325]

Trail’s End