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Title: The Bad Man

Author: Charles Hanson Towne

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Language: English

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THE BAD MAN

A Novel

by

CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

Based on the Play by Porter Emerson Browne

G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press

1921

Copyright, 1921, by G. P. Putnam's Sons
Printed in the United States of America

[Illustration: HOLBROOK BLINN AS "THE BAD MAN."]

To

HOLBROOK BLINN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I.--Wherein it is shown that a young American had the courage to come into
a new country; how fate played against him, and a neighbor looked longingly
at his ranch

II.--Wherein, far away, another man hears whispers of the wealth along the
border, and comes down to see about it

III.--Wherein Uncle Henry speaks his mind--as usual

IV.--Wherein "Red" reveals his heart, and Mrs. Quinn gives him good coffee
and good advice

V.--Wherein Gilbert Jones is worried, and Lucia Pell is asked to do an
impossible thing

VI.--Wherein an old love awakens, Pell reveals his true colors, a mortgage
is about to be foreclosed, the contents of a satchel are made known, Uncle
Henry springs a sensation, and Pell takes an option

VII.--Wherein Lucia sees treachery brewing, Pell proves himself a brute,
and an unexpected guest appears

VIII.--Wherein the bandit expounds a new philosophy, and makes marionettes
of the Americans

IX.--Wherein Uncle Henry chatters some more, there is an auction, and
things look black indeed

X.--Wherein an old friends