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William West Winter. Louisiana Lou
Louisiana Lou
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LOUISIANA LOU
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
A GENERAL DEMOTED
CHAPTER II
MORGAN LA FEE
CHAPTER III
A SPORTING PROPOSITION
CHAPTER IV
HEADS! I WIN!
CHAPTER V
A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
CHAPTER VI
WHERE THE DESERT HAD BEEN
CHAPTER VII
MAID MARIAN GROWN UP
CHAPTER VIII
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
CHAPTER IX
BEHIND PRISON BARS
CHAPTER X
THE GET-AWAY
CHAPTER XI
JIM BANKER HITS THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XII
A REMINDER OF OLD TIMES
CHAPTER XIII
AT WALLACE’S RANCH
CHAPTER XIV
READY FOR ACTION
CHAPTER XV
THE SHERIFF FINDS A CLEW
CHAPTER XVI
IN THE SOLITUDES OF THE CANYON
CHAPTER XVII
THE SECRET OF THE LOST MINE
CHAPTER XVIII
TELLTALE BULLETS
CHAPTER XIX
THE FINDING OF SUCATASH
CHAPTER XX
LOUISIANA!
CHAPTER XXI
GOLD SEEKERS
CHAPTER XXII
VENGEANCE!
CHAPTER XXIII
TO THE VALE OF AVALON
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William West Winter
A Western Story
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The general of division, De Launay, late of the French army operating in the Balkans and, before that, of considerable distinction on the western front, leaned forward in his chair as he sat in the Franco-American banking house of Doolittle, Rambaud & Cie. in Paris. His booted and spurred heels were hooked over the rung of the chair, and his elbows, propped on his knees, supported his drooping back. His clean-cut, youthful features were morose and heavy with depression and listlessness, and his eyes were somewhat red and glassy. Under his ruddy tan his skin was no longer fresh, but dull and sallow.
Opposite him, the precise and dapper Mr. Doolittle, expatriated American, waved a carefully manicured hand in acquired Gallic gestures as he expatiated on the circumstances which had summoned the soldier to his office. As he discoursed of these extraordinary matters his sharp eyes took in his client and noted the signs upon him, while he speculated on their occasion.
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