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CHAPTER I COMANCHE

CHAPTER II GUESTS FOR THE METROPOLE

CHAPTER III UNCONVENTIONAL BEHAVIOR

CHAPTER IV THE FLAT-GAME MAN

CHAPTER V SKULKERS

CHAPTER VI THE DRAWING

CHAPTER VII A MIDNIGHT EXTRA

CHAPTER VIII THE GOVERNOR'S SON

CHAPTER IX DOUBLE CROOKEDNESS

CHAPTER X HUN SHANKLIN'S COAT

CHAPTER XI NUMBER ONE

CHAPTER XII THE OTHER MAN

CHAPTER XIII SENTIMENT AND NAILS

CHAPTER XIV "LIKE A WOLF"

CHAPTER XV AN ARGUMENT ENDS

CHAPTER XVI A PROMISE

CHAPTER XVII A PLAN

CHAPTER XVIII THE STRANGE TENT

CHAPTER XIX CROOK MEETS CROOK

CHAPTER XX A SUDDEN CLOUD

CHAPTER XXI THE CRISIS

Title: Claim Number One

Author: George W. (George Washington) Ogden

Language: English

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CLAIM NUMBER ONE


The crowd parted and opened a lane for a dusty man on a sweat-drenched horse to pass.


Claim Number One

BY

GEORGE W. OGDEN

AUTHOR OF

THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE
TRAILS END, Etc.

FRONTISPIECE BY

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN

emblem

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS        NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America


Copyright

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1922


Published May, 1922


Copyrighted in Great Britain

Printed in the United States of America


CONTENTS
I. Comanche 1
II. Guests for the Metropole 9
III. Unconventional Behavior 21
IV. The Flat-Game Man 46
V. Skulkers 63
VI. The Drawing 79
VII. A Midnight Extra 104
VIII. The Governor’s Son 122
IX. Double Crookedness 140
X. Hun Shanklin’s Coat 154
XI. Number One 172
XII. The Other Man 188
XIII. Sentiment and Nails 206
XIV. “Like a Wolf” 219
XV. An Argument Ends 233
XVI. A Promise 255
XVII. A Plan 273
XVIII. The Strange Tent 288
XIX. Crook Meets Crook 304
XX. A Sudden Cloud 325
XXI. The Crisis 343

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