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Title: Mavericks

Author: William MacLeod Raine

Release Date: December 29, 2004 [EBook #14520]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE RIDER SLEWED IN THE SADDLE WITH HIS WHOLE ATTENTION
UPON POSSIBLE PURSUIT. _Frontispiece. Page 33_]

MAVERICKS

BY

WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF

WYOMING, RIDGWAY OF MONTANA, BUCKY O'CONNOR, A TEXAS RANGER, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

CLARENCE ROWE

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

1911 STREET & SMITH

1912 G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

TO MY MOTHER

"In vain men tell us time can alter
Old loves, or make old memories falter."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. PHYLLIS 9

II. THE NESTER 18

III. CAUGHT RED-HANDED 28

IV. "I'M A RUSTLER AND A THIEF, AM I?" 43

V. AN AIDER AND ABETTOR 53

VI. A GOOD FRIEND 76

VII. A SHOT FROM AMBUSH 84

VIII. MISS GOING-ON-EIGHTEEN 103

IX. PUNISHMENT 117

X. INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 126

XI. TOM DIXON 144

XII. THE ESCAPE 157

XIII. A MISTAKE 168

XIV. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION 183

XV. THE BRAND BLOTTER 200

XVI. A WATERSPOUT 214

XVII. THE HOLD-UP 226

XVIII. BRILL HEALY AIRS HIS SENTIMENTS 233

XIX. THE ROAN WITH THE WHITE STOCKINGS 241

XX. YEAGER RIDES TO NOCHES 253

XXI. BREAKING DOWN AN ALIBI 263

XXII. SURRENDER