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Frederick Palmer. Over the Pass
Over the Pass
Table of Contents
PART I—AN EASY TRAVELLER. CHAPTER. I YOUTH IN SPURS. II DINOSAUR OR DESPERADO. III JACK RIDES IN COMPANY. IV HE CARRIES THE MAIL. V A SMILE AND A SQUARE CHIN. VI OBLIVION IS NOT EASY. VII WHAT HAPPENED AT LANG'S. VIII ACCORDING TO CODE. IX THE DEVIL IS OUT. X MARY EXPLAINS. XI SEÑOR DON'T CARE RECEIVES. XII MARY BRINGS TRIBUTE. XIII A JOURNEY ON CRUTCHES. XIV "HOW FAST YOU SEW!" XV WHEN THE DESERT BLOOMS. XVI A CHANGE OF MIND. XVII THE DOGE SNAPS A RUBBER BAND. XVIII ANOTHER STRANGER ARRIVES. XIX LOOKING OVER PRECIPICES. XX A PUZZLED AMBASSADOR. XXI "GOOD-BY, LITTLE RIVERS!" XXII "LUCK, JACK, LUCK!" PART II—HE FINDS HIMSELF. XXIII LABELLED AND SHIPPED. XXIV IN THE CITADEL OF THE MILLIONS. XXV "BUT WITH YOU, YES, SIR!" XXVII BY RIGHT OF ANCESTRY. XXVIII JACK GETS A RAISE. XXIX A MEETING ON THE AVENUE TRAIL. XXX WITH THE PHANTOMS. XXXI PRATHER WOULD NOT WAIT. XXXII A CRISIS IN THE WINGFIELD LIBRARY. XXXIII PRATHER SEES THE PORTRAIT. XXXIV "JOHN WINGFIELD, YOU—" PART III—HE FINDS HIS PLACE IN LIFE. XXXV BACK TO LITTLE RIVERS. XXXVI AROUND THE WATER-HOLE. XXXVII THE END OF THE WEAVING. XXXVIII THEIR SIDE OF THE PASS. PART I
AN EASY TRAVELLER. I
YOUTH IN SPURS
II
DINOSAUR OR DESPERADO
III
JACK RIDES IN COMPANY
IV
HE CARRIES THE MAIL
V
A SMILE AND A SQUARE CHIN
"DEAR MR. WINGFIELD:
"MARY EWOLD."
Book in hand, and without removing his tortoise-shell spectacles, he passed out into the garden at the rear. There a cloth was laid under a pavilion
VI
OBLIVION IS NOT EASY
VII
WHAT HAPPENED AT LANG'S
VIII
ACCORDING TO CODE
IX
THE DEVIL IS OUT
X
MARY EXPLAINS
XI
SEÑOR DON'T CARE RECEIVES
XII
MARY BRINGS TRIBUTE
XIII
A JOURNEY ON CRUTCHES
XIV
"HOW FAST YOU SEW!"
XV
WHEN THE DESERT BLOOMS
XVI
A CHANGE OF MIND
XVII
THE DOGE SNAPS A RUBBER BAND
XVIII
ANOTHER STRANGER ARRIVES
XIX
LOOKING OVER PRECIPICES
XX
A PUZZLED AMBASSADOR
XXI
"GOOD-BY, LITTLE RIVERS!"
XXII
"LUCK, JACK, LUCK!"
PART II
HE FINDS HIMSELF. XXIII
LABELLED AND SHIPPED
XXIV
IN THE CITADEL OF THE MILLIONS
XXV
"BUT WITH YOU, 'YES, SIR'"
XXVI
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
XXVII
BY RIGHT OF ANCESTRY
XXVIII
JACK GETS A RAISE
"DEAR JACK:
XXIX
A MEETING ON THE AVENUE TRAIL
XXX
WITH THE PHANTOMS
"MARY:
"JACK."
XXXI
PRATHER WOULD NOT WAIT
"JAMES R. GALWAY
XXXII
A CRISIS IN THE WINGFIELD LIBRARY
"JAMES R. GALWAY."
XXXIII
PRATHER SEES THE PORTRAIT
XXXIV
"JOHN WINGFIELD, YOU—"
PART III
HE FINDS HIS PLACE IN LIFE. XXXV
BACK TO LITTLE RIVERS
XXXVI
AROUND THE WATER-HOLE
"I—I—"
XXXVII
THE END OF THE WEAVING
XXXVIII
THEIR SIDE OF THE PASS
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Frederick Palmer
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Every time a burro gets into the corn, an Indian master cuts off a bit of long, furry ear as a lesson. Before Jag Ear passed into kindlier hands he had been clipped closer than a Boston terrier. Only a single upstanding fragment remained in token of a graded education which had availed him nothing.
"There's no curtailing Jag Ear's curiosity," said Jack. "To him, everything is worth trying. That is why he is a born traveller. He has been with me from Colorado to Chihuahua, on all my wanderings back and forth."
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