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Title: Steve Yeager

Author: William MacLeod Raine

Release Date: August 16, 2006 [EBook #19055]

Language: English

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STEVE YEAGER
BY
WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

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COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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[Illustration: RUTH]

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Contents

I STEVE MAKES A MISTAKE 1
II "ENOUGH'S A-PLENTY" 10
III CHAD HARRISON 25
IV THE EXTRA 33
V YEAGER ASKS ADVICE 42
VI PLUCKING A PIGEON 56
VII STEVE TELLS TOO MUCH TRUTH 71
VIII THE HEAVY GETS HIS TIME 79
IX GABRIEL PASQUALE 86
X A NIGHT VISIT 96
XI CHAD DECIDES TO GET BUSY 112
XII INTO THE DESERT 121
XIII THE NIGHT TRAIL 131
XIV THE CAVE MEN 140
XV STEVE WINS A HAM SANDWICH 153
XVI THE HEAVY PAYS A DEBT 166
XVII PEDRO CABENZA 175
XVIII HARRISON OVERPLAYS HIS HAND 181
XIX THE TEXAN 194
XX NEAR THE END OF HIS TRAIL 207
XXI A STAGE PREPARED FOR TRAGEDY 216
XXII A CONSPIRACY 223
XXIII TRAPPED 229
XXIV THE PRISONER 247
XXV THE TEXAN TAKES A LONG JOURNEY 257
XXVI AT SUNSET 266
XXVII CULVERA RECONSIDERS 274
XXVIII AS LONG