TROUBLED

WATERS

BY

WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF

BUCKY O’CONNOR, MAN-SIZE,

THE BIG-TOWN ROUND-UP,

GUNSIGHT PASS, Etc.

GROSSET&DUNLAP
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1925, BY WILLIAM

MACLEOD RAINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE

COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Among the Apple Blossoms[1]
II.Tim Flanders Offers Information and Opinions[11]
III.A Challenge[17]
IV.Introducing Rowan McCoy to Ruth Trovillion[25]
V.A Ride[32]
VI.Champion of the World[42]
VII.Fate Flings Open a Closed Door[56]
VIII.A Cold Trail[65]
IX.A Rift in the Lute[70]
X.The Rift Widens[84]
XI.Larry Goes Calling[92]
XII.Across the Dead Line[103]
XIII.The Night Raid[114]
XIV.The Day After[129]
XV.A Hot Trail[135]
XVI.Matson Makes His Gather[147]
XVII.Padlocked Lips[155]
XVIII.“I Reckon I’ll Hang”[162]
XIX.Sam Yerby Sings[169]
XX.“You Damned Judas”[174]
XXI.A Compromise[185]
XXII.Falkner Talks[195]
XXIII.Ruth Whispers a Secret[207]
XXIV.At the Circle Diamond[216]
XXV.Silcott Discovers He Is Not Welcome[221]
XXVI.An Explanation[232]
XXVII.The Symbol[242]
XXVIII.Distinguished Visitors[250]
XXIX.A Disappointment[256]
XXX.The Blizzard[267]
XXXI.“Company for Each Other”[275]
XXXII.The Clouds Break[283]
XXXIII.Good News[294]
XXXIV.A Honeymoon in the Hills[299]

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