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Title: A Man Four-Square

Author: William MacLeod Raine

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Language: English

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A Man Four-Square

BY WILLIAM MAC LEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF THE YUKON TRAIL, BUCKY O'CONNOR, STEVE YEAGER, WYOMING, ETC.

1919

Contents

PROLOGUE

I. "CALL ME JIMMIE-GO-GET-'EM"
II. SHOOT-A-BUCK CANON
III. RANSE ROUSH PAYS
IV. PAULINE ROUBIDEAU SAYS "THANK YOU"
V. NO FOUR-FLUSHER
VI. BILLIE ASKS A QUESTION
VII. ON THE TRAIL
VIII. THE FIGHT
IX. BILLIE STANDS PAT
X. BUD PROCTOR LENDS A HAND
XI. THE FUGITIVES
XII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN
XIII. A FRIENDLY ENEMY
XIV. THE GUN-BARREL ROAD
XV. LEE PLAYS A LEADING ROLE
XVI. THREE MODERN MUSKETEERS
XVII. "PEG-LEG" WARREN
XVIII. A STAMPEDE
XIX. A TWO-GUN MAN
XX. EXIT MYSTERIOUS PETE
XXI. JIM RECEIVES AND DECLINES AN OFFER
XXII. THE RUSTLERS' CAMP
XXIII. MURDER FROM THE CHAPARRAL
XXIV. JIMMIE-GO-GET-'EM LEAVES A NOTE
XXV. THE MAL-PAIS
XXVI. A DUST-STORM
XXVII. "A LUCKY GUY"
XXVIII. SHERIFF PRINCE FUNCTIONS
XXIX. "THEY CAN'T HANG ME IF I AIN'T THERE"
XXX. POLLY HAS A PLAN
XXXI. GOODHEART MAKES A PROMISE AND BREAKS IT
XXXII. JIM TAKES A PRISONER
XXXIII. THE ROUND-UP
XXXIV. PRIMROSE PATHS

A Man Four-Square

Prologue

A girl sat on the mossy river-bank in the dappled, golden sunlight.
Frowning eyes fixed on a sweeping eddy, she watched without seeing the
racing current. Her slim, supple body, crouched and tense, was
motionless, but her soul seethed tumultuously. In the bosom of her coarse
linsey gown lay hidden a note. Through it destiny called her to the
tragic hour of decision.

The foliage of the young pawpaws stirred behind her. Furtively a pair of
black eyes peered forth and searched the opposite bank of t