OUT OF THE DEPTHS

It was a wild race [Page 32]

Out of the Depths

A ROMANCE OF RECLAMATION

BY

ROBERT AMES BENNET

AUTHOR OF “OUT OF THE PRIMITIVE,” “THE SHOGUN’S DAUGHTER,” “WHICH ONE,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

GEORGE BREHM

CHICAGO

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1913

Copyright

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1913

Published March, 1913

Copyrighted in Great Britain

PRESS OF THE VAIL COMPANY COSHOCTON, U. S. A.

TO “THE SONS OF MARTHA”

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Deep Cañon 1

II. A Yearling Sold 9

III. Queen of What? 20

IV. Downhill and Up 32

V. Into the Depths 39

VI. A Test of Caliber 52

VII. The Chance of Reclamation 68

VIII. A Man’s Size Horse 81

IX. The Snake 93

X. Coming Events 110

XI. Self-Defense 125

XII. The Meeting 138

XIII. The Other Lady’s Husband 148

XIV. A Descent 162

XV. Levels and Slants 176

XVI. Metal and Mettle 185

XVII. A Shot in the Dusk 197

XVIII. On the Brink 207

XIX. The Plotters 218

XX. Indian Shoes 232

XXI. Madonna Dolorosa 244

XXII. A Real Wolf 254

XXIII. The Temptation 268

XXIV. Blind Love 280

XXV. The Descent Into Hell 291

XXVI. In the Gloom 303

XXVII. Lower Depths 315

XXVIII. Light in the Darkness 327

XXIX. The Climber 339

XXX. Lurking Beasts 349

XXXI. Confessions 357

XXXII. Over the Brink 366

XXXIII. Friends in Need 374

XXXIV. Reclamation 388

ILLUSTRATIONS

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It was a wild race Frontispiece

It sounded its shrill, menacing rattle 106

“You have something to tell me––your voice––your eyes––” 286

Another desperate clutch at the rope––still another 328