Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation

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Robert Ames Bennet

OUT OF THE DEPTHS

CHAPTER I DEEP CAnON

CHAPTER II A YEARLING SOLD

CHAPTER III QUEEN OF WHAT?

CHAPTER IV DOWNHILL AND UP

CHAPTER V INTO THE DEPTHS

CHAPTER VI A TEST OF CALIBER

CHAPTER VII THE CHANCE OF RECLAMATION

CHAPTER VIII A MAN'S SIZE HORSE

CHAPTER IX THE SNAKE

CHAPTER X COMING EVENTS

CHAPTER XI SELF-DEFENSE

CHAPTER XII THE MEETING

CHAPTER XIII THE OTHER LADY'S HUSBAND

CHAPTER XIV A DESCENT

CHAPTER XV LEVELS AND SLANTS

CHAPTER XVI METAL AND METTLE

CHAPTER XVII A SHOT IN THE DUSK

CHAPTER XVIII ON THE BRINK

CHAPTER XIX THE PLOTTERS

CHAPTER XX INDIAN SHOES

CHAPTER XXI MADONNA DOLOROSA

CHAPTER XXII A REAL WOLF

CHAPTER XXIII THE TEMPTATION

CHAPTER XXIV BLIND LOVE

CHAPTER XXV THE DESCENT INTO HELL

CHAPTER XXVI IN THE GLOOM

CHAPTER XXVII LOWER DEPTHS

CHAPTER XXVIII LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

CHAPTER XXIX THE CLIMBER

CHAPTER XXX LURKING BEASTS

CHAPTER XXXI CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER XXXII OVER THE BRINK

CHAPTER XXXIII FRIENDS IN NEED

CHAPTER XXXIV RECLAMATION

Title: Out of the Depths

A Romance of Reclamation

Author: Robert Ames Bennet

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

Transcriber’s Note:

The author consistently refers to a handgun as a “Colt’s.” This is a Colt’s revolver, though the word “revolver” is not used.

OUT OF THE DEPTHS


It was a wild race [Page 32]

Out of the Depths

A ROMANCE OF RECLAMATION

BY

ROBERT AMES BENNET

AUTHOR OF “OUT OF THE PRIMITIVE,” “THE SHOGUN’S
DAUGHTER,” “WHICH ONE,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

GEORGE BREHM

emblem

CHICAGO

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1913

Copyright

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1913

Published March, 1913

Copyrighted in Great Britain

PRESS OF THE VAIL COMPANY
COSHOCTON, U. S. A.

TO

“THE SONS OF MARTHA”

CONTENTS

CHAPTER    PAGE
I. Deep CaÑon   1
II. A Yearling Sold   9
III. Queen of What?   20
IV. Downhill and Up   32
V. Into the Depths   39
VI. A Test of Caliber   52
VII. The Chance of Reclamation   68
VIII. A Man’s Size Horse   81
IX. The Snake   93
X. Coming Events   110
XI. Self-Defense   125
XII. The Meeting   138
XIII. The Other Lady’s Husband   148
XIV. A Descent   162
XV. Levels and Slants   176
XVI. Metal and Mettle   185
XVII. A Shot in the Dusk   197
XVIII. On the Brink   207
XIX. The Plotters   218
XX. Indian Shoes   232
XXI. Madonna Dolorosa   244
XXII. A Real Wolf   254
XXIII. The Temptation   268
XXIV. Blind Love   280
XXV. The Descent Into Hell   291
XXVI. In the Gloom   303
XXVII. Lower Depths   315
XXVIII. Light in the Darkness   327
XXIX. The Climber   339
XXX. Lurking Beasts   349
XXXI. Confessions   357
XXXII. Over the Brink   366
XXXIII. Friends in Need   374
XXXIV. Reclamation   388

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
It was a wild race Frontispiece
It sounded its shrill, menacing rattle 106
“You have something to tell me––your voice––your eyes––” 286
Another desperate clutch at the rope––still another 328

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