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COLE OF SPYGLASS MOUNTAIN

BY ARTHUR PRESTON HANKINS

AUTHOR OF “THE JUBILEE GIRL” AND “THE HERITAGE OF THE HILLS”

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TO MY FRIEND

MAYNARD SHIPLEY

TO WHOM I AM INDEBTED FOR THE SCIENTIFIC MATERIAL IN THIS BOOK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE SLUG 1

II SPAWN OF THE DEVIL 10

III THE GIRL AT THE CRESCENT 18

IV THE GYPO QUEEN 26

V THE GYPO CAMP 35

VI THE WRECK OF THE GOOD SHIP “ARGO” 46

VII JOSHUA WALKS WITH HIS FATHER 56

VIII NUMBER 5635 65

IX TRUTH AND HONOR 75

X PARDONED 83

XI AN OFFER OF PARTNERSHIP 90

XII WHIMPERMETER 97

XIII THE PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED 103

XIV MAN AND THE SLUG 112

XV OUT WEST 118

XVI THE ROAD TO G-STRING 127

XVII AMBITIONS 135

XVIII NEW PROSPECTS 147

XIX A TRIO OF SHOCKS 156

XX “A LITTLE SLEEP” 164

XXI THE SURRENDER 173

XXII HERCULES AND HIS FIREBRAND 181

XXIII “WHEN THE MOMENT COMES!” 191

XXIV WATER AT RAGTOWN 201

XXV ON THE ROCKY ROAD TO RAGTOWN 214

XXVI THE MORON 224

XXVII “NUTTIN’ BUT THE TRUT’” 233

XXVIII “YOU’LL COME BACK TO SPYGLASS MOUNTAIN” 242

XXIX WINTER IN THE SAN ANTONES 252

XXX SLIM WOLFGANG PLANS 259

XXXI BULLETS FROM SPYGLASS MOUNTAIN 269

XXXII THE NIGHT OF JUNE FIFTEENTH 278

XXXIII HORSEMEN IN THE NIGHT 288

XXXIV WHEN THE MOMENT CAME 296