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BONANZA
A STORY OF THE GOLD TRAIL
BY
WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
AUTHOR OF
A MAN FOUR SQUARE,
CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT,
TROUBLED WATERS, Etc.
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1926, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
The giants with hopes audacious; the giants of iron limb;
The giants who journeyed westward when the trails were new and dim;
The giants who felled the forests, made pathways o’er the snows,
And planted the vine and fig tree where the manzanita grows;
Who swept the mountain gorges, and painted their endless night,
With their cabins rudely fashioned and their camp-fires’ ruddy light;
Who builded great towns and cities, who swung the Golden Gate,
And hewed from the mighty ashlar the form of a sovereign state.
I drink alone in silence to the builders of the West—
“Long life to the hearts still beating, and peace to the hearts at rest.”
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Pony Express Rider1
II.“Hurrah for Washoe!”8
III.The Night Ride15
IV.Scot McClintock Introduces Himself27
V.Scot Passes the Hat39
VI.Hugh Sits in53
VII.Vicky Tells Secrets65
VIII.Scot Offers Health Hints75
IX.Scot Talks on Mother Love80
X.Till Tapping90
XI.“Twenty-Four Hours to Get Out”99
XII.“Git Out de Way, Ole Dan Tucker”106
XIII.The “Stranglers”121
XIV.Colonel McClintock Agrees with Vicky130
XV.Hugh Learns Old Grimes Is Still Dead139
XVI.In the Pit of Night150
XVII.A Knife with Fourteen Notches159
XVIII.Apply to Hugh McClintock165
XIX.McClintock Bills the Town171
XX.“Little Vicky”179
XXI.In the Blizzard187
XXII.A Haven of Refuge196
XXIII.Two Plus One Makes Three208
XXIV.Old Dog Tray Barks221
XXV.The Killer Strikes229
XXVI.Hugh Hits the Trail238
XXVII.Trapped244
XXVIII.“As Good as the Wheat”252
XXIX.Vicky Finds a Way261
XXX.At Bell’s Camp270
XXXI.Hugh Takes the Stump277
XXXII.Father Marston Prophesies283
XXXIII.The Booming of the Forty-Fives293
XXXIV.The Bald Knob Strike298
XXXV.McClintock Reads Tennyson310
XXXVI.Signed by William Thornton316
XXXVII.Hugh Explains324
XXXVIII.The Battle of Bald Knob329
XXXIX.Sleuthing338
XL.In the Mesh of His Own Net344
XLI.From the Junipers350
XLII.Hugh Rides to an Appointment357
XLIII.The Sacrifice363
XLIV.Under the Stars367
BONANZA
BONANZA