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TROUBLED
WATERS
BY
WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
AUTHOR OF
BUCKY O’CONNOR, MAN-SIZE,
THE BIG-TOWN ROUND-UP,
GUNSIGHT PASS, Etc.
GROSSET&DUNLAP
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1925, BY WILLIAM
MACLEOD RAINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Among the Apple Blossoms1
II.Tim Flanders Offers Information and Opinions11
III.A Challenge17
IV.Introducing Rowan McCoy to Ruth Trovillion25
V.A Ride32
VI.Champion of the World42
VII.Fate Flings Open a Closed Door56
VIII.A Cold Trail65
IX.A Rift in the Lute70
X.The Rift Widens84
XI.Larry Goes Calling92
XII.Across the Dead Line103
XIII.The Night Raid114
XIV.The Day After129
XV.A Hot Trail135
XVI.Matson Makes His Gather147
XVII.Padlocked Lips155
XVIII.“I Reckon I’ll Hang”162
XIX.Sam Yerby Sings169
XX.“You Damned Judas”174
XXI.A Compromise185
XXII.Falkner Talks195
XXIII.Ruth Whispers a Secret207
XXIV.At the Circle Diamond216
XXV.Silcott Discovers He Is Not Welcome221
XXVI.An Explanation232
XXVII.The Symbol242
XXVIII.Distinguished Visitors250
XXIX.A Disappointment256
XXX.The Blizzard267
XXXI.“Company for Each Other”275
XXXII.The Clouds Break283
XXXIII.Good News294
XXXIV.A Honeymoon in the Hills299
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