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Title: The Freebooters of the Wilderness

Author: Agnes C. Laut

Release Date: April 4, 2006 [eBook #18116]

Language: English

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THE FREEBOOTERS OF THE WILDERNESS

by

AGNES C. LAUT

Author of
"The Conquest of the Great Northwest," "Lords of the North," etc.

New York
Moffat, Yard and Company
1913
Copyright, 1910, by
Moffat, Yard and Company
New York
Published September, 1910
Second Printing, October, 1910

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER

I TO STRADDLE OR FIGHT
II AN INTERLUDE THAT CAME UNANNOUNCED
III THE CHALLENGE TO A LOSING FIGHT
IV STACKING THE CARDS
V THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN
VI WHEREIN ONE PLAYS AN UNCONSCIOUS PART
VII WHILE LAW MARKS TIME, CRIME SCORES
VIII A VICTIM OF LAW'S DELAY
IX EIGHT INTO MIGHT
X THE HANDY MAN GETS BUSY
XI SETTING OUT ON THE LONG TRAIL
XII THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW VEILS ITSELF
XIII THE MAN ON THE JOB
XIV ON THE GAME TRAIL
XV THE DESERT
XVI BITTER WATERS
XVII WHERE THE TRACKS ALL POINT ONE WAY

PART II

XVIII WITHOUT MALICE
XIX BALLOTS TOR BULLETS
XX A FAITH WORKABLE FOR MEN ON THE JOB
XXI THE HAPPY AND TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING
XXII A DOWNY-LIPPED YOUTH IN GRAY FLANNELS
XXIII IT AIN'T THE TRUTH I'M TELLIN' YOU: IT'S
ONLY WHAT I'VE HEERD
XXIV I AM UNCLE SAM
XXV THE QUESTION IS--WHICH UNCLE SAM?
XXVI THE AWAKENING
XXVII THE AWAKENING CONTINUED
XXVIII THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD

FOREWORD

I have been asked how much of this tale of modern freebooters is true?
In exactly which States have such episodes occurred? Have vast herds
of sheep been run over battlements? Have animals been bludgeoned to
death; have men been burned alive; have the criminals not only gone
unpunished but been protected by the law-makers? Have sheriffs "hidden
under the bed" and "handy men" bluf