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Title: Tangled Trails
A Western Detective Story

Author: William MacLeod Raine

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Language: English

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TANGLED TRAILS

A Western Detective Story

by

WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

Author of
The Big-Town Round-Up, Gunsight Pass, Etc.

Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers New York
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1921, by William Macleod Raine
All Rights Reserved
Third Impression, March, 1922

CONTENTS

I. NO ALTRUIST
II. WILD ROSE TAKES THE DUST
III. FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD
IV. NOT ALWAYS TWO TO MAKE A QUARREL
V. COUSINS MEET
VI. LIGHTS OUT
VII. FOUL PLAY
VIII. BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE
IX. THE STORY IN THE "NEWS"
X. KIRBY ASKS A DIRECT QUESTION
XI. THE CORONER'S INQUEST
XII. "THAT'S THE MAN"
XIII. "ALWAYS, PHYLLIS"
XIV. A FRIEND IN NEED
XV. A GLOVE AND THE HAND IN IT
XVI. THE LADY WITH THE VIOLET PERFUME
XVII. IN DRY VALLEY
XVIII. "BURNIN' A HOLE IN MY POCKET"
XIX. A DISCOVERY
XX. THE BRASS BED
XXI. JAMES LOSES HIS TEMPER
XXII. "ARE YOU WITH ME OR AGAINST ME?"
XXIII. COUSINS DISAGREE
XXIV. REVEREND NICODEMUS RANKIN FORGETS AND REMEMBERS
XXV. A CONFERENCE OF THREE
XXVI. CUTTING TRAIL
XXVII. THE DETECTIVE GETS TWO SURPRISES
XXVIII. THE FINGER OF SUSPICION POINTS
XXIX. "COME CLEAN, JACK"
XXX. KIRBY MAKES A CALL
XXXI. THE MASK OF THE RED BANDANNA
XXXII. JACK TAKES OFF HIS COAT
XXXIII. OLSON TELLS A STORY
XXXIV. FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE
XXXV. LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
XXXVI. A RIDE IN A TAXI
XXXVII. ON THE GRILL
XXXVIII. A FULL MORNING
XXXIX. KIRBY INVITES HIMSELF TO A RIDE
XL. THE MILLS OF THE GODS
XLI. ENTER _X_
XLII. THE NEW WORLD

TANGLED TRAILS

CHAPTER I

NO ALTRUIST

Esther McLean brought the afternoon mail in to Cu