The Plunderer

He leaned over her saddle, to where, as before something
sacred, he stood with parted lips, and upturned
face, bareheaded, in adoration.––The Plunderer

The Plunderer

By ROY NORTON

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With Frontispiece in Colors
By DOUGLAS DUER

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

REX BEACH

WITH ALL THE AFFECTION THAT ONE
GIVES TO A PARTNER WITH WHOM
HE HAS TRAILED, AND MINED, AND ADVENTURED
FOR MANY YEARS, AND NEVER FOUND WANTING
WHEN BACKS WERE AGAINST THE WALL

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Bully Presby	9
II.	The Croix d’Or	22
III.	An Ugly Watchman	36
IV.	The Black Death	51
V.	The Aged Engineer	71
VI.	My Lady of the Horse	97
VII.	The Woman Unafraid	114
VIII.	The Inconsistent Bully	129
IX.	Where a Girl Advises	151
X.	Trouble Stalks Abroad	167
XI.	Bells’ Valiant Fight	182
XII.	A Disastrous Blow	195
XIII.	The Dynamiter	208
XIV.	“Though Love Say Nay”	225
XV.	“Mr. Sloan Speaks”	240
XVI.	Benefits Returned	258
XVII.	When Reason Swings	271
XVIII.	The Bully Meets His Master	288
XIX.	The Quest Supreme	303

THE PLUNDERER

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