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Title: The Quirt

Author: B.M. Bower

Illustrator: Anton Otto Fischer

Release Date: September 3, 2006 [EBook #19166]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Cover]

THE QUIRT

=By B.M. Bower=

GOOD INDIAN

LONESOME LAND

THE UPHILL CLIMB

THE GRINGOS

THE RANCH AT THE WOLVERINE

THE FLYING U'S LAST STAND

JEAN OF THE LAZY A

THE PHANTOM HERD

THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX

STARR, OF THE DESERT

THE LOOKOUT MAN

CABIN FEVER

SKYRIDER

THE THUNDER BIRD

RIM O' THE WORLD

THE QUIRT

[Illustration: Al's gun spoke, and Warfield sagged at the knees and the
shoulders, and slumped to the ground.
FRONTISPIECE. _See page 294._]

THE QUIRT

BY
B.M. BOWER

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
ANTON OTTO FISCHER

[Illustration]

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1920

_Copyright, 1920,_

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

* * * *

_All rights reserved_

Published May, 1920
Reprinted, May, 1920
Reprinted, July, 1920
Reprinted, October, 1920

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LITTLE FISH 1

II. THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE 12

III. REALITY IS WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING 22

IV. "SHE'S A GOOD GIRL WHEN SHE AIN'T CRAZY" 38

V. A DEATH "BY ACCIDENT" 54

VI. LONE ADVISES SILENCE 68

VII. THE MAN AT WHISPER 85

VIII. "IT TAKES NERVE JUST TO HANG ON" 100

IX. THE EVIL EYE OF THE SAWTOOTH 115

X. ANOTHER SAWTOOTH "ACCIDENT" 126

XI. SWAN TALKS WITH HIS THOUGHTS 144

XII. THE QUIRT PARRIES THE FIRST BLOW 158

XIII. LONE TAKES HIS STAND 168

XIV. "FRANK'S DEAD" 178

XV. SWAN TRAILS A C