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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sundown Slim, by Henry Hubert Knibbs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Sundown Slim Author: Henry Hubert Knibbs Illustrator: Anton Fischer Release Date: July 20, 2005 [EBook #16334] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SUNDOWN SLIM *** Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: "You!" she exclaimed. "You!"] SUNDOWN SLIM BY HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANTON FISCHER NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published May 1915 DEDICATED TO EVERETT E. HARASZTHY Contents Chapter ARIZONA I. SUNDOWN IN ANTELOPE II. THE JOKE III. THIRTY MILES TO THE CONCHO IV. PIE; AND SEPTEMBER MORN V. ON THE CANON TRAIL VI. THE BROTHERS VII. FADEAWAY'S HAND VIII. AT "THE LAST CHANCE" IX. SUNDOWN'S FRIEND X. THE STORM XI. CHANCE--CONQUEROR XII. A GIFT XIII. SUNDOWN, VAQUERO XIV. ON THE TRAIL TO THE BLUE XV. THEY KILLED THE BOSS! XVI. SUNDOWN ADVENTURES XVII. THE STRANGER XVIII. THE SHERIFF--AND OTHERS XIX. THE ESCAPE XX. THE WALKING MAN XXI. ON THE MESA XXII. WAIT! XXIII. THE PEACEMAKER XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED VISIT XXV. VAMOSE, EH? XXVI. THE INVADERS XXVII. "JUST ME AND HER" XXVIII. IMPROVEMENTS XXIX. A MAN'S COUNTRY List of Illustrations "You!" she exclaimed. "You!" . . . " . . . _Frontispiece_ "God A'mighty, sech things is wrong." Arizona Across the wide, sun-swept mesas the steel trail of the railroad runs east and west, diminishing at either end to a shimmering blur of silver. South of the railroad these level immensities, rich in their season with ripe bunch-grass and grama-grass roll up to the barrier of the far blue hills of spruce and pine. The red, ragged shoulders of buttes blot the sky-line here and there; wind-worn and grotesque silhouettes of gigantic fortifications, castles and villages wrought by some volcanic Cyclops who grew tired of hi
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