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Bertrand W. Sinclair - Western Boxed Set
Table of Content
Raw Gold
Chapter I. The Long Arm of the Law
Chapter II. A Reminiscent Hour
Chapter III. Birds of Prey
Chapter IV. A Tale Half Told
Chapter V. Mounted Again
Chapter VI. Stony Crossing
Chapter VII. Thirty Days in Irons!
Chapter VIII. Lyn
Chapter IX. An Idle Afternoon
Chapter X. The Vanishing Act, and the Fruits Thereof
Chapter XI. The Gentleman Who Rode in the Lead
Chapter XII. We Lose Again
Chapter XIII. Outlawed
Chapter XIV. A Close Call
Chapter XV. Piegan Takes a Hand
Chapter XVI. In the Camp of the Enemy
Chapter XVII. A Master-Stroke of Villainy
Chapter XVIII. Honor Among Thieves
Chapter XIX. The Bison
Chapter XX. The Mouth of Sage Creek
Chapter XXI. An Elemental Ally
Chapter XXII. Speechless Hicks
Chapter XXIII. The Spoils of War
Chapter XXIV. The Pipe of Peace
The Land of Frozen Suns
Chapter I. The Genesis of Trouble
Chapter II. By Way of the “New Moon”
Chapter III. Which Shows That the Worm Does Not Always Turn
Chapter IV. A Forthright Fighting-Man
Chapter V. The Relative Merits of the Frying-Pan and the Fire
Chapter VI. Slowfoot George
Chapter VII. The Seat of the Scornful
Chapter VIII. By Ways That Were Dark
Chapter IX. Mr. Montell
Chapter X “There’s Money in It”
Chapter XI. A Trick of the “Trade.”
Chapter XII. The First Move
Chapter XIII. A Foretaste of Strong Measures
Chapter XIV. Interest on a Debt
Chapter XV. Strangers Twain
Chapter XVI. Claws Unsheathed
Chapter XVII. Nine Points of the Law
Chapter XVIII. The Long Arm of the Company
Chapter XIX. The Strength of Men—And Their Weakness
North of Fifty-Three
Chapter I. Which Introduces a Lady and Two Gentlemen
Chapter II. Heart, Hand—And Pocketbook
Chapter III "I Do Give and Bequeath"
Chapter IV. An Explanation Demanded
Chapter V. The Way of the World at Large
Chapter VI. Cariboo Meadows
Chapter VII. A Different Sort of Man
Chapter VIII. In Deep Water
Chapter IX. The House That Jack Built
Chapter X. A Little Personal History
Chapter XI. Winter—And a Truce
Chapter XII. The Fires of Spring
Chapter XIII. The Out Trail
Chapter XIV. The Drone of the Hive
Chapter XV. An Ending and a Beginning
Chapter XVI. A Brief Time of Planning
Chapter XVII. En Route
Chapter XVIII. The Wintering Place
Chapter XIX. Four Walls and a Roof
Chapter XX. Boreas Chants His Lay
Chapter XXI. Jack Frost Withdraws
Chapter XXII. The Strike
Chapter XXIII. The Stress of the Trail
Chapter XXIV. Neighbors
Chapter XXV. The Dollar Chasers
Chapter XXVI. A Business Proposition
Chapter XXVII. A Business Journey
Chapter XXVIII. The Bomb
Chapter XXIX. The Note Discordant
Chapter XXX. The Aftermath
Chapter XXXI. A Letter From Bill
Chapter XXXII. The Spur
Chapter XXXIII. Home Again
Chapter XXXIV. After Many Days
Troubled Waters
Big Timber
Chapter I. Green Fields and Pastures New
Chapter II. Mr. Abbey Arrives
Chapter III. Halfway Point
Chapter IV. A Foretaste of Things to Come
Chapter V. The Toll of Big Timber
Chapter VI. The Dignity (?) of Toil
Chapter VII. Some Neighborly Assistance
Chapter VIII. Durance Vile
Chapter IX. Jack Fyfe's Camp
Chapter X. One Way Out
Chapter XI. The Plunge
Chapter XII. And So They Were Married
Chapter XIII. In Which Events Mark Time
Chapter XIV. A Close Call and a New Acquaintance
Chapter XV. A Resurrection
Chapter XVI. The Crisis
Chapter XVII. In Which There Is a Further Clash
Chapter XVIII. The Opening Gun
Chapter XIX. Free as the Wind
Chapter XX. Echoes
Chapter XXI. An Unexpected Meeting
Chapter XXII. The Fire Behind the Smoke
Chapter XXIII. A Ride by Night
Chapter XXIV "Out of the Night That Covers Me"
Bertrand William Sinclair
e-artnow, 2022
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Mac led the way. The four of us slipped through the brushy bottom as silently as men unaccustomed to walking might go, for we had no hankering, unarmed as we were, to bring those red-handed marauders after us again, if they happened to be lurking in that canyon. Rutter's body we had no choice but to leave undisturbed by the blackening fire. In the morning we would come back and bury him, but for that night—well, he was beyond any man's power to aid or injure, lying there alone in the dark.
Taking his stand at the end of the desk, he made MacRae reiterate in detail the grim happenings of that night. That over, he quizzed me for a few minutes. Then he turned loose on MacRae with a battery of questions. Could he give a description of the men? Would he be able to identify them? Why did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire? Why this, why that? Why didn't he send a trooper to report at once instead of wasting time in going to Stony Crossing? And a dozen more.
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