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Title: A Man in the Open

Author: Roger Pocock

Illustrator: M. Leone Bracker

Release Date: August 13, 2010 [EBook #33423]

Language: English

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A MAN
IN THE OPEN

_By_
ROGER POCOCK

Illustrated by
M. LEONE BRACKER

SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COMPANY

NEW YORK LONDON

COPYRIGHT 1912 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

[Illustration: Kate]

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I ON THE LABRADOR 1

II THE HAPPY SHIP 18

III YOUTH 36

IV THE ORDEAL BY TORTURE 47

V THE BURNING BUSH 67

PART II

I TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR 75

II THE TREVOR ACCIDENT 90

III LOVE 107

IV THE LANDLORD 118

V THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR 130

VI ROBBERY-UNDER-ARMS 144

VII THE ROUND-UP 155

VIII THE STAMPEDE 165

IX THE UNTRUTHFUL PRISONER 178

X BREAKING THE STATUTES 190

XI BILLY O'FLYNN 203

XII EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES 210

XIII NATIVITY 225

XIV THE LOCKED HOUSE