Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation
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Bennet Robert Ames. Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation
CHAPTER I. DEEP CAÑON
CHAPTER II. A YEARLING SOLD
CHAPTER III. QUEEN OF WHAT?
CHAPTER IV. DOWNHILL AND UP
CHAPTER V. INTO THE DEPTHS
CHAPTER VI. A TEST OF CALIBER
CHAPTER VII. THE CHANCE OF RECLAMATION
CHAPTER VIII. A MAN’S SIZE HORSE
CHAPTER IX. THE SNAKE
CHAPTER X. COMING EVENTS
CHAPTER XI. SELF-DEFENSE
CHAPTER XII. THE MEETING
CHAPTER XIII. THE OTHER LADY’S HUSBAND
CHAPTER XIV. A DESCENT
CHAPTER XV. LEVELS AND SLANTS
CHAPTER XVI. METAL AND METTLE
CHAPTER XVII. A SHOT IN THE DUSK
CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE BRINK
CHAPTER XIX. THE PLOTTERS
CHAPTER XX. INDIAN SHOES
CHAPTER XXI. MADONNA DOLOROSA
CHAPTER XXII. A REAL WOLF
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XXIV. BLIND LOVE
CHAPTER XXV. THE DESCENT INTO HELL
CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE GLOOM
CHAPTER XXVII. LOWER DEPTHS
CHAPTER XXVIII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE CLIMBER
CHAPTER XXX. LURKING BEASTS
CHAPTER XXXI. CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER XXXII. OVER THE BRINK
CHAPTER XXXIII. FRIENDS IN NEED
CHAPTER XXXIV. RECLAMATION
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The hunter was riding leisurely up the steep mountain side above Dry Mesa. On such an ascent most city men would have preferred to climb afoot. But there was a month’s layer of tan on the hunter’s handsome, supercilious face. He balanced himself lightly on his flat English saddle, and permitted the wiry little cow pony to pick the best path over the ledges and up the stiff slopes between the scattered pines.
In keeping with his saddle, the hunter wore English riding breeches and leggins. Otherwise he was dressed as a Texas cowboy of the past generation. His sombrero was almost Mexican in its size and ornateness. But his rifle was of the latest American pattern, and in place of the conventional Colt’s he carried an automatic pistol. As his horse patiently clambered with him up towards the top of the escarpment the man gazed indolently about between half-closed eyelids and inhaled the smoke from an unbroken “chain” of gilt-tipped cigarettes.
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“When you do,” warned Gowan, “you’d better hunt a healthier climate.”
“What we’re concerned with now,” interposed Knowles, “is this yearling.”
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