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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

CHAPTER PAGE

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