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CROOKED TRAILS

AND STRAIGHT

BY

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

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1913, by

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

Crooked Trails and Straight

CONTENTS

PART I
CURLY
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Following a Crooked Trail [9]
II.Camping with Old Man Trouble [23]
III.At the End of the Road [33]
IV.The Cullisons [49]
V.Laura London [60]
VI.A Bear Trap [74]
VII.Bad Medicine [84]
VIII.A Rehearsed Quarrel [94]
IX.Eavesdropping [110]

PART II

LUCK
X.“Stick to Your Saddle” [131]
I.At the Round Up Club [143]
II.Luck Meets an Old Acquaintance [151]
III.An Initialed Hat [157]
IV.Kate Uses Her Quirt [169]
V.“Ain’t She the Gamest Little Thoroughbred?” [178]
VI.Two Hats On A Rack [194]
VII.Anonymous Letters [200]
VIII.A Message in Cipher [213]
IX.“The Friends of L. C. Serve Notice” [220]
X.Cass Fendrick Makes a Call [233]
XI.A Compromise [245]
XII.An Arrest [254]
XIII.A Conversation [265]
XIV.A Touch of the Third Degree [270]
XV.Bob Takes a Hand [282]
XVI.A Clean Up [294]
XVII.The Prodigal Son [312]
XVIII.Cutting Trail [316]
XIX.A Good Samaritan [323]
XX.Loose Threads [337]

Crooked Trails and Straight