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The Luck of the Kid

By

Ridgwell Cullum

Author of

“The Heart of Unaga,” “The Man in the Twilight,” etc.

G. P. Putnam’s Sons

New York & London

The Knickerbocker Press

1923

Copyright, 1923

by

Ridgwell Cullum

Made in the United States of America

In Happy Recollection

Of

OUR EARLY BOYHOOD

THIS, MY TWENTY-FIRST BOOK, IS DEDICATED

IN DEEPEST AFFECTION TO

MY BROTHERS

CONTENTS

PART I

I North of “Sixty”

II The Holocaust

III The Planning of Le Gros

IV Two Men of the North

V The Luck of the Kid

VI The Euralians

VII The Vengeance of Usak

VIII The Valley of the Fire Hills

PART II

I Placer City

II The Cheechakos

III Reindeer Farm

IV Within the Circle

V The House in the Valley of the Fire Hills

VI The Eyes in the Night

VII The Dream Hill

VIII Bill Wilder Re-appears

IX The Great Savage

X Days of Promise

XI Children of the North

XII Youth Supreme

XIII A Whiteman’s Purpose

XIV A Whiteman’s Word

XV The Irony of Fate

XVI The End of the Long Trail

THE LUCK OF THE KID