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Title: The Plunderer

Author: Roy Norton

Illustrator: Douglas Duer

Release Date: August 27, 2009 [EBook #29818]

Language: English

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THE PLUNDERER

[Illustration: He leaned over her saddle, to where, as before something
sacred, he stood with parted lips, and upturned face, bareheaded, in
adoration.--The Plunderer]

THE PLUNDERER

By ROY NORTON

With Frontispiece in Colors

By DOUGLAS DUER

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers--New York

Copyright, 1912, by
W. J. WATT & COMPANY

TO

REX BEACH

WITH ALL THE AFFECTION THAT ONE GIVES TO A PARTNER WITH WHOM HE HAS
TRAILED, AND MINED, AND ADVENTURED FOR MANY YEARS, AND NEVER FOUND
WANTING WHEN BACKS WERE AGAINST THE WALL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Bully Presby 9
II. The Croix d'Or 22
III. An Ugly Watchman 36
IV. The Black Death 51
V. The Aged Engineer 71
VI. My Lady of the Horse 97
VII. The Woman Unafraid 114
VIII. The Inconsistent Bully 129
IX. Where a Girl Advises 151
X. Trouble Stalks Abroad 167
XI. Bells' Valiant Fight 182
XII. A Disastrous Blow 195
XIII. The Dynamiter 208
XIV. "Though Love Say Nay" 225
XV. "Mr. Sloan Speaks" 240
XVI. Benefits Returned