The Sweep Winner
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Gould Nat. The Sweep Winner
CHAPTER I. THE GLITTERING WIRE
CHAPTER II. IN THE HUT
CHAPTER III. A STRANGE SITUATION
CHAPTER IV "IT'S FOR A WOMAN"
CHAPTER V. WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT
CHAPTER VI "COME"
CHAPTER VII. THE FACE IN THE WATER
CHAPTER VIII. WAYS AND MEANS
CHAPTER IX. THE CHINAMAN'S SHOP
CHAPTER X. THE ACCUSATION
CHAPTER XI. JERRY, JOURNALIST
CHAPTER XII. IN SEARCH OF HORSES
CHAPTER XIII. LEIGH HEARS STRANGE THINGS
CHAPTER XIV "A MAGNIFICENT BRUTE"
CHAPTER XV. THE BIG SHOW
CHAPTER XVI. MRS. PREVOST
CHAPTER XVII. JEALOUSY
CHAPTER XVIII. A QUESTION OF JOCKEYS
CHAPTER XIX. MRS. PREVOST'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XX. THE DRAWER OF BARELLAN
CHAPTER XXI. LAME
CHAPTER XXII. SWEEP MONEY
CHAPTER XXIII. BEATEN
CHAPTER XXIV. AT FLEMINGTON
CHAPTER XXV. HE LOOKED AT HIS TICKET
CHAPTER XXVI. BARELLAN FALLS BACK
CHAPTER XXVII. WHAT A FINISH!
CHAPTER XXVIII. A TERRIBLE SAVAGE
CHAPTER XXIX. MAN AND HORSE LAY SIDE BY SIDE
CHAPTER XXX. THE SWEEP WINNER'S HOME
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Glen Leigh was his name. At least he was down as such on the books, but names were not of much account on his job; they might as well have been numbers seeing they were mere indications of identity. He waited until he was tired, although he had much patience. His throat was parched; his skin burned; there was no shade. On his head, straight down, poured the fierce sun. To look at it was blinding. It seared the eyes; sparks danced when they turned to the earth again. He had no watch. In his hut there was one, but he seldom wound it. He told the time by nature's signs, and was never far out in his calculations.
"I've waited an hour. Damn the fellow. Why doesn't he come? He expects me to do his work and my own too." He shrugged his shoulders. Jim Benny was a mere lad compared with him.
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The dog knew Jim, on the fence, but had not seen him in Glen's hut. Then there was the woman. Spotty had never come across one. Jim knew the nature of these dogs, their faithful savageness, and scented danger in the air. He had seen the dog on the fence with Glen, but had always been on horseback, and Spotty had never really scented him. He didn't even know the dog's name.
Spotty eyed Jim, then looked at the woman on the bed. Here was something he did not understand. He came forward, crouching, like a panther ready to spring, and Jim set him with his eyes, not daring to move, on her account.
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