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He leaned over her saddle, to where, as before something sacred, he stood with parted lips, and upturned face, bareheaded, in adoration.––The Plunderer

The Plunderer

By ROY NORTON

With Frontispiece in Colors By DOUGLAS DUER

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

Copyright, 1912, by W. J. WATT & COMPANY

TO

REX BEACH

WITH ALL THE AFFECTION THAT ONE GIVES TO A PARTNER WITH WHOM HE HAS TRAILED, AND MINED, AND ADVENTURED FOR MANY YEARS, AND NEVER FOUND WANTING WHEN BACKS WERE AGAINST THE WALL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Bully Presby 9

II. The Croix d’Or 22

III. An Ugly Watchman 36

IV. The Black Death 51

V. The Aged Engineer 71

VI. My Lady of the Horse 97

VII. The Woman Unafraid 114

VIII. The Inconsistent Bully 129

IX. Where a Girl Advises 151

X. Trouble Stalks Abroad 167

XI. Bells’ Valiant Fight 182

XII. A Disastrous Blow 195

XIII. The Dynamiter 208

XIV. “Though Love Say Nay” 225

XV. “Mr. Sloan Speaks” 240

XVI. Benefits Returned 258

XVII. When Reason Swings 271

XVIII. The Bully Meets His Master 288

XIX. The Quest Supreme 303

THE PLUNDERER