This eBook edition of «The Texan» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "Exactly twenty minutes after young Benton dismounted from his big rangy black before the door of a low adobe saloon that fronted upon one of the narrow crooked streets of old Las Vegas, he glanced into the eyes of the thin-lipped croupier and laughed. «You've got 'em. Seventy-four good old Texas dollars.» He held up a coin between his thumb and forefinger...." James B. Hendryx was an author and script writer of western adventures. Many of his famous novels and short stories were adapted into early films.
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James B. Hendryx. The Texan
The Texan
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Table of Contents
A Prologue
Chapter I. The Train Stops
Chapter II. Wolf River
Chapter III. Purdy
Chapter IV. Cinnabar Joe
Chapter V. On the Flat
Chapter VI. The Rim of the Bench
Chapter VII. The Arrest
Chapter VIII. One Way Out
Chapter IX. The Pilgrim
Chapter X. The Flight
Chapter XI. A Rescue
Chapter XII. Tex Does Some Scouting
Chapter XIII. A Bottle of "Hooch"
Chapter XIV. On Antelope Butte
Chapter XV. The Texan Hears Some News
Chapter XVI. Back in Camp
Chapter XVII. In the Bad Lands
Chapter XVIII "Win"
Chapter XIX. The End of the Trail
An Epilogue
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James B. Hendryx
Chapter I. The Train Stops
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At the end of an hour the half-breed watched with a grin as the Texan raked in a huge pile of chips.
