FOREWORD

PART I THE MAN ON THE JOB

FREEBOOTERS OF THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER I TO STRADDLE OR FIGHT

CHAPTER II AN INTERLUDE THAT CAME UNANNOUNCED

CHAPTER III THE CHALLENGE TO A LOSING FIGHT

CHAPTER IV STACKING THE CARDS

CHAPTER V THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN

CHAPTER VI WHEREIN ONE PLAYS AN UNCONSCIOUS PART

CHAPTER VII WHILE LAW MARKS TIME, CRIME SCORES

CHAPTER VIII A VICTIM OF LAW'S DELAY

CHAPTER IX RIGHT INTO MIGHT

CHAPTER X THE HANDY MAN GETS BUSY

CHAPTER XI SETTING OUT ON THE LONG TRAIL

CHAPTER XII THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW VEILS ITSELF

CHAPTER XIII THE MAN ON THE JOB

CHAPTER XIV ON THE GAME TRAIL

CHAPTER XV THE DESERT

CHAPTER XVI BITTER WATERS

CHAPTER XVII WHERE THE TRACKS ALL POINT ONE WAY

PART II THE MAN HIGHER UP

CHAPTER XVIII WITHOUT MALICE

CHAPTER XIX BALLOTS FOR BULLETS

CHAPTER XX A FAITH WORKABLE FOR MEN ON THE JOB

CHAPTER XXI THE HAPPY AND TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING

CHAPTER XXII A DOWNY-LIPPED YOUTH IN GRAY FLANNELS

CHAPTER XXIII IT AIN'T THE TRUTH I'M TELLIN' YOU: IT'S ONLY WHAT I'VE HEERD

CHAPTER XXIV I AM UNCLE SAM

CHAPTER XXV THE QUESTION IS WHICH UNCLE SAM?

CHAPTER XXVI THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER XXVII THE AWAKENING CONTINUED

CHAPTER XXVIII THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD

Title: The Freebooters of the Wilderness

Author: Agnes C. Laut

Language: English

E-text prepared by Al Haines

THE FREEBOOTERS OF THE WILDERNESS

by

AGNES C. LAUT

Author of
"The Conquest of the Great Northwest," "Lords of the North," etc.

New York
Moffat, Yard and Company
1913
Copyright, 1910, by
Moffat, Yard and Company
New York
Published September, 1910
Second Printing, October, 1910

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER

I TO STRADDLE OR FIGHT II AN INTERLUDE THAT CAME UNANNOUNCED III THE CHALLENGE TO A LOSING FIGHT IV STACKING THE CARDS V THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN VI WHEREIN ONE PLAYS AN UNCONSCIOUS PART VII WHILE LAW MARKS TIME, CRIME SCORES VIII A VICTIM OF LAW'S DELAY IX EIGHT INTO MIGHT X THE HANDY MAN GETS BUSY XI SETTING OUT ON THE LONG TRAIL XII THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW VEILS ITSELF XIII THE MAN ON THE JOB XIV ON THE GAME TRAIL XV THE DESERT XVI BITTER WATERS XVII WHERE THE TRACKS ALL POINT ONE WAY

PART II

XVIII WITHOUT MALICE XIX BALLOTS TOR BULLETS XX A FAITH WORKABLE FOR MEN ON THE JOB XXI THE HAPPY AND TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING XXII A DOWNY-LIPPED YOUTH IN GRAY FLANNELS XXIII IT AIN'T THE TRUTH I'M TELLIN' YOU: IT'S ONLY WHAT I'VE HEERD XXIV I AM UNCLE SAM XXV THE QUESTION IS—WHICH UNCLE SAM? XXVI THE AWAKENING XXVII THE AWAKENING CONTINUED XXVIII THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD