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Title: Hidden Gold
Author: Wilder Anthony
Release Date: April 11, 2008 [EBook #25043]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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HIDDEN GOLD
BY
WILDER ANTHONY
FRONTISPIECE BY
G. W. GAGE
NEW YORK THE MACAULAY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE MACAULAY COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[Illustration: At the sharp crack of the rifle, Moran stopped short.]
CONTENTS
I THE COMING OF THE SHEEP
II A MEETING AND A PARTING
III JEALOUSY
IV THE GATHERING STORM
V TREACHERY
VI MURDER
VII THE OLD TRAIL
VIII HIGHER THAN STATUTE LAW
IX THE BATTLE AT THE RANCH
X THE SENATOR GETS BUSY
XI TANGLED THREADS
XII DESPERATE MEASURES
XIII INTO THE DEPTHS
XIV A DASTARD'S BLOW
XV THE FIRST CLEW
XVI TRAPPED
XVII A WAR OF WITS
XVIII A RESCUE, AND A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
XIX BAFFLED, BUT STILL DANGEROUS
XX THE STORM BURSTS
XXI WITH BARE HANDS AT LAST
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