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Title: The Man from the Bitter Roots

Author: Caroline Lockhart

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THE MAN FROM THE BITTER ROOTS

by

Caroline Lockhart

Author of
"The Fighting Shepherdess," "The Lady Doc," etc.

[Illustration: "You've got to tell the truth before she stops! Why did
you burn out this plant?"]

[Illustration]

Frontispiece by
Gayle Hoskins

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with J. B. Lippincott Company

Copyright, 1915, by Street & Smith
Copyright, 1915, by J. B. Lippincott Company
Published October, 1915

Printed By J. B. Lippincott Company
at the Washington Square Press
Philadelphia, U. S. A.

To
MY GOOD FRIEND
MRS. LOUIS HOWE
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH
ALL GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Before He Grew Up 11
II. "Pardners" 20
III. The Game Butchers 32
IV. Self-Defence 39
V. The Jack-Pot 54
VI. The Returned Hero 73
VII. Sprudell Goes East 78
VIII. Uncle Bill Finds News in the "Try-Bune" 89
IX. The Yellow-Leg 103
X. "Capital Takes Holt"