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Title: The Award of Justice
Told in the Rockies
Author: A. Maynard Barbour
Release Date: September 19, 2009 [EBook #30028]
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THE AWARD OF JUSTICE
OR
TOLD IN THE ROCKIES.
A Pen Picture of the West.
BY
A. MAYNARD BARBOUR,
AUTHOR OF "That Mainwaring Affair."
"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof."--Ecc. vii, 8.
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK:
RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
Copyright, 1897, by Rand, McNally & Co.
Copyright, 1901, by Rand, McNally & Co.
DEDICATION.
To W. James Barbour,
My co-worker in this pleasant task,
at whose suggestion it was undertaken,
and by whose inspiration it has been guided,
from inception to completion,
this book is affectionately dedicated
by the author,
A. MAYNARD BARBOUR.
THE AWARD OF JUSTICE
By A. Maynard Barbour.
CHAPTER I.
The Pacific Express was due at Valley City at 1:45 p.m. Within ten
minutes of that time, a spring-board wagon, containing two young men
and drawn by a pair of bronchos, suddenly appeared around one end of
the dingy little depot. One of the men, dressed in a tweed traveling
suit, jumped hastily from the wagon, while the other, who looked like
a prosperous young ranchman, seemed to have all he could attend to in
holding the restive little ponies, who were rearing and kicking in
their impatience at being compelled to stand.
"I'm afraid, Ned," he said, "that you'll have to look out for your
traps yourself; these little rats haven't been driven for four days,
and they're feeling pretty frisky."
"All right, Tom," responded the other, diving under the seat of the
spring-board and bringing out the said "traps," which consisted of two
grips, a rifle case, a set of fishing rods, and, last but not least, a
large, square case which he handled with great care, and now held up
to his companion saying,
"See th
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