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“Wal, you’d better untie Gallup. He don’t look happy.”
SMOKE OF THE .45
BY
HARRY SINCLAIR DRAGO
AUTHOR OF “OUT OF THE SILENT NORTH”
FRONTISPIECE BY
FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON
NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
Copyright, 1923,
By THE MACAULAY COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
THOMAS A. BRANDON
—COMPANION OF MANY TRAILS—
THROUGH WHOSE EYES
I LEARNED TO LOVE
THE DESERT.
CONTENTS
IOut of the Past
IIThe Red Hand
IIIBy His Own Hand
IVFoot-Loose
VThe First Clue
VIOutside the Law
VIIIf This Be Love
VIIIStraight Talk
IXTwo Old Men
XMolly Kent
XIMore Than a Bet
XIIMolly Explains
XIII“He Is My Friend”
XIVFor the Heart of a Girl
XVMadeiras Gets a Chance
XVIBitter Fruit
XVIIGallup’s Price
XVIII“Kill Him, the Thief”
XIX“Come and Get Him”
XXWithout Pay
XXITwo Dead Men
XXIIThe Face in the Window
XXIIIThe Gun Speaks
XXIVJohnny Dice Comes Back to Life
XXVMadeiras Asserts Himself
XXVIBetween the Lines
XXVIITime to Act
XXVIIIJohnny Talks at Last
XXIXEvidence to Convict
XXXMadeiras Appears at Last
XXXIThe Death Chant
XXXIIThe Debt Is Paid
XXXIIIFulfillment
SMOKE OF THE .45