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Alfred Henry Lewis. The Black Lion Inn
The Black Lion Inn
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.—HOW I CAME TO THE INN
CHAPTER II.—THE WINNING OF SAUCY PAOLI
CHAPTER III.—HOW FORKED TONGUE WAS BURNED
CHAPTER IV.—THAT TOBACCO UPSET
CHAPTER V.—THE SIGN OF THREE
CHAPTER VI.—THAT WOLFVILLE CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VII.—THE PITT STREET STRINGENCY
CHAPTER VIII.—THAT STOLEN ACE OF HEARTS
CHAPTER IX.—CHIQUITA OF CHAPARITA
CHAPTER X.—HOW STRONGARM WAS AN ELK
CHAPTER XI.—THAT SMUGGLED SILK
CHAPTER XII.—THE WIPING OUT OF McCANDLAS
CHAPTER XIII.—HOW JIM BRITT PASSED HIS BILL
CHAPTER XIV.—HOW TO TELL THE LAST FOUR
CHAPTER XV.—HOW MOH-KWA FED THE CATFISH
CHAPTER XVI.—THE EMPEROR’S CIGARS
CHAPTER XVII.—THE GREAT STEWART CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XVIII.—THE RESCUE OF CONNELLY
CHAPTER XIX.—MOH-KWA AND THE THREE GIFTS
CHAPTER XX.—THE GERMAN GIRL’S DIAMONDS
CHAPTER XXI.—THE LUCK OF COLD-SOBER SIMMS
CHAPTER XXII.—HOW PRINCE RUPERT LOST
CHAPTER XXIII.—WHEN I RAN THE SHOTGUN
CHAPTER XXIV.—WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS MOVED
CHAPTER XXV.—HOW THE FILIBUSTERER SAILED
CHAPTER XXVI.—HOW MOH-KWA SAVED STRIKE-AXE
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE FLIM FLAM MURPHY
THE END
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Now all is ready! The rival ponies are at the head of the course; it will be a standing start. A grave buck sits in the saddle near the two racers and to their rear. He is the starter. Suddenly he cracks off a Winchester, skyward. It is the signal.
The ponies leap like panthers at the sound. There is a swooping rush; for one hundred yards they run together, then the Spirit takes the lead. Swifter than the thrown lance, swift as the sped arrow she comes! With each instant she leaves and still further leaves the roan! What has such as the mongrel pony of the Poncas to do with the Flower of the Triangle-Dot? The Spirit flashes between the double triumvirate of judges, winner by fifty yards!
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