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Title: Partners of Chance

Author: Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Language: English

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PARTNERS OF CHANCE

by

HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS

Author of _The Ridin' Kid from Powder River_, _Sundown Slim_,
_Overland Red_, etc.

Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers, New York

1921

CONTENTS

I. LITTLE JIM
II. PANHANDLE
III. A MINUTE TOO LATE
IV. "A LITTLE GREEN RIVER"
V. "TOP HAND ONCE"
VI. A HORSE-TRADE
VII. AT THE WATER-HOLE
VIII. HIGH HEELS AND MOCCASINS
IX. AT THE BOX-S
X. TO TRY HIM OUT
XI. PONY TRACKS
XII. JIMMY AND THE LUGER GUN
XIII. AT AUNT JANE'S
XIV. ANOTHER GAME
XV. MORE PONY TRACKS
XVI. SAN ANDREAS TOWN
XVII. THAT MESCAL
XVIII. JOE SCOTT
XIX. DORRY COMES TO TOWN
XX. ALONG THE FOOTHILLS
XXI. "GIT ALONG CAYUSE"
XXII. BOX-S BUSINESS
XXIII. THE HOLE-IN-THE-WALL
XXIV. CHEYENNE PLAYS BIG
XXV. TWO TRAILS HOME

CHAPTER I

LITTLE JIM

Little Jim knew that something strange had happened, because Big Jim,
his father, had sold their few head of cattle, the work team, and the
farm implements, keeping only the two saddle-horses and the pack-horse,
Filaree. When Little Jim asked where his mother had gone, Big Jim told
him that she had gone on a visit, and would be away a long time. Little
Jim wanted to know if his mother would ever come back. When Big Jim said
that she would not, Little Jim manfully suppressed his tears, and, being
of that frontier stock that always has an eye to the main chance, he
thrust out his hand. "Well, I'll stick with you, dad. I reckon we can
make the grade."

Big Jim turned away and stood for a long time gazing out of the cabin
window toward town. Presently he felt a tug at his coat-sleeve.

"Is ma gone to l