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MUSIC MOUNTAIN BY FRANK H. SPEARMAN AUTHOR OF WHISPERING SMITH, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY N. C. WYETH emblem NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS | |
Published by Arrangement with Charles Scribner’s Sons
Copyright, 1916, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published April, 1916
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Printed in U. S. A.
TO MY SON
EUGENE LONERGAN SPEARMAN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | Frontier Day | 1 |
| II. | The Thief River Stage Line | 18 |
| III. | The Spanish Sinks | 34 |
| IV. | First Blood at Calabasas | 52 |
| V. | Rounding up Sassoon | 61 |
| VI. | Heels for It | 73 |
| VII. | Maintaining a Reputation | 87 |
| VIII. | The Gambling-Room | 101 |
| IX. | A Cup of Coffee | 111 |
| X. | The Glass Button | 124 |
| XI. | After the Storm | 138 |
| XII. | On Music Mountain | 154 |
| XIII. | Parley | 167 |
| XIV. | Nan Drifts | 182 |
| XV. | Crossing a Deep River | 193 |
| XVI. | A Venture in the Dark | 210 |
| XVII. | Strategy | 222 |
| XVIII. | Her Bad Penny | 237 |
| XIX. | Danger | 250 |
| XX. | Facing the Music | 262 |
| XXI. | A Try Out | 273 |
| XXII. | Gale Persists | 289 |
| XXIII. | De Spain Worries | 302 |
| XXIV. | An Ominous Message | 313 |
| XXV. | A Surprising Slip | 323 |
| XXVI. | Flight | 338 |
| XXVII. | El Capitan | 349 |
| XXVIII. | Lefever to the Rescue | 362 |
| XXIX. | Puppets of Fate | 371 |
| XXX. | Hope Forlorn | 386 |
| XXXI. | De Spain Rides Alone | 399 |
| XXXII. | The Truth | 408 |
| XXXIII. | Gambling With Death | 420 |
| XXXIV. | At Sleepy Cat | 428 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| De Spain covered a hardly perceptible black object on the trail. | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE |
| Hugging his shield, de Spain threw his second shot over Sandusky’s left shoulder. | 135 |
| “Stand away from that girl!” repeated de Spain harshly, backing the words with a step forward. | 200 |
| “I’ve promised you I would. I will promise every time you ask me.” | 417 |
Nan of Music Mountain
