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Nan of Music Mountain By: Frank H. Spearman (1859-1937) |
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NAN OF MUSIC MOUNTAIN BY FRANK H. SPEARMAN AUTHOR OF WHISPERING SMITH, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY N. C. WYETH NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Published by Arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons
Copyright, 1916, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published April, 1916 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
CHAPTER I FRONTIER DAY
Lefever, if there was a table in the room, could never be got to sit
on a chair; and being rotund he sat preferably sidewise on the edge of
the table. One of his small feet his feet were encased in tight,
high heeled, ill fitting horsemen's boots usually rested on the
floor, the other swung at the end of his stubby leg slowly in the air.
This idiosyncrasy his companion, de Spain, had learned to tolerate. But Lefever's subdued whistle, which seemed meditative, always
irritated de Spain more or less, despite his endeavor not to be
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