Front matter

The crowd parted and opened a lane for a dusty man on a sweat-drenched horse to pass.

Claim Number One

BY

GEORGE W. OGDEN

AUTHOR OF

THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE TRAILS END, Etc.

FRONTISPIECE BY

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1922

Published May, 1922

Copyrighted in Great Britain

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

I. Comanche 1

II. Guests for the Metropole 9

III. Unconventional Behavior 21

IV. The Flat-Game Man 46

V. Skulkers 63

VI. The Drawing 79

VII. A Midnight Extra 104

VIII. The Governor’s Son 122

IX. Double Crookedness 140

X. Hun Shanklin’s Coat 154

XI. Number One 172

XII. The Other Man 188

XIII. Sentiment and Nails 206

XIV. “Like a Wolf” 219

XV. An Argument Ends 233

XVI. A Promise 255

XVII. A Plan 273

XVIII. The Strange Tent 288

XIX. Crook Meets Crook 304

XX. A Sudden Cloud 325

XXI. The Crisis 343

Claim Number One