Jim Chaffee is forced to leave the property that lays on the bank of the creek in his beloved Roaring Horse after three years of mismanaging his business affairs and going bankrupt. Chaffee leaves Roaring Horse ready to do whatever it takes to make a living and keep his head above water. He takes himself through numerous trials and tribulations endangering his life in the course of events, but he is prepared even for more, only to be able to go back to his beloved Roaring Horse at the end.
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Ernest Haycox. Chaffee of Roaring Horse
Chaffee of Roaring Hors
Table of Contents
I. JIM CHAFFEE TAKES A LOSS
II. A SECRET MEETING
III. A DUEL OF THE ARENA
IV. THE STORM BREAKS
V. JIM GETS A JOB
VI. FENCES DOWN
VII. FANG AND PERFUME
VIII. THE TIDE GOES OUT
IX. DISASTER
X. VOICE OF THE PACK
XI. THE ATTACK ON THE JAIL
XII. THE JAWS OF ROARING HORSE
XIII. SURRENDER
XIV. THE BEGINNING OF A TRAGEDY
XV. TURBULENCE
XVI. THE SHADOW OF CATASTROPHE
XVII. JIM CHAFFEE RIDES BACK
XVIII. THE GODS STAND ASIDE
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Ernest Haycox
e-artnow, 2021
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"That's interestin'. Maybe I will ride. Now I've got to hustle off to the bank. See you later."
He shouldered through and walked past the hotel. The girl was at that moment climbing the lobby stairs. One quick sidewise glance told him that. Going on, he entered the bank and tried to maintain a cheerfulness of countenance he was by no means feeling. Mark Eagle, the teller, raised a full-blooded Umatilla Indian face to Jim and spoke pleasantly. "Hello, Jim. I saw Mack Moran two-three minutes ago on the street. He was wondering if you'd come in."
