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Title: 54-40 or Fight

Author: Emerson Hough

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54-40 OR FIGHT

by

EMERSON HOUGH

Author of _The Mississippi Bubble_, _The Way of the Man_, etc.

With Four Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York

1909

[Illustration: "Madam," said I, "let me, at least, alone." Page 49]

TO
Theodore Roosevelt

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND FIRM BELIEVER IN THE RULE OF THE PEOPLE

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
WITH THE LOYALTY AND ADMIRATION
OF THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE MAKERS OF MAPS
II BY SPECIAL DESPATCH
III IN ARGUMENT
IV THE BARONESS HELENA
V ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THE CASE
VI THE BOUDOIR OF THE BARONESS
VII REGARDING ELISABETH
VIII MR. CALHOUN ACCEPTS
IX A KETTLE OF FISH
X MIXED DUTIES
XI WHO GIVETH THIS WOMAN
XII THE MARATHON
XIII ON SECRET SERVICE
XIV THE OTHER WOMAN
XV WITH MADAM THE BARONESS
XVI DEJEUNER A LA FOURCHETTE
XVII A HUNTER OF BUTTERFLIES
XVIII THE MISSING SLIPPER
XIX THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE
XX THE LADY FROM MEXICO
XXI POLITICS UNDER COVER
XXII BUT YET A WOMAN
XXIII SUCCESS IN SILK
XXIV THE WHOA-HAW TRAIL
XXV OREGON
XXVI THE DEBATED COUNTRY
XXVII IN THE CABIN OF MADAM
XXVIII WHEN A WOMAN WOULD
XXIX IN EXCHANGE
XXX COUNTER CURRENTS
XXXI THE PAYMENT
XXXII PAKENHAM'S PRICE
XXXIII THE STORY OF HELENA VON RITZ
XXXIV THE VICTORY
XXXV TH