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Title: Hidden Gold

Author: Wilder Anthony

Release Date: April 11, 2008 [EBook #25043]

Language: English

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HIDDEN GOLD

BY

WILDER ANTHONY

FRONTISPIECE BY

G. W. GAGE

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY THE MACAULAY COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[Illustration: At the sharp crack of the rifle, Moran stopped short.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE COMING OF THE SHEEP 11

II A MEETING AND A PARTING 23

III JEALOUSY 35

IV THE GATHERING STORM 44

V TREACHERY 57

VI MURDER 73

VII THE OLD TRAIL 84

VIII HIGHER THAN STATUTE LAW 93

IX THE BATTLE AT THE RANCH 106

X THE SENATOR GETS BUSY 114

XI TANGLED THREADS 129

XII DESPERATE MEASURES 144

XIII INTO THE DEPTHS 156

XIV A DASTARD'S BLOW 171

XV THE FIRST CLEW 181

XVI TRAPPED 200

XVII A WAR OF WITS 212

XVIII A RESCUE, AND A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE 234

XIX BAFFLED, BUT STILL DANGEROUS 250

XX THE STORM BURSTS 262

XXI WITH BARE HANDS AT LAST