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Title: Overland Red
A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail

Author: Henry Herbert Knibbs

Illustrator: Anton Fischer

Release Date: November 11, 2006 [EBook #19763]

Language: English

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OVERLAND RED

A ROMANCE OF THE MOONSTONE CANON TRAIL

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANTON FISCHER

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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To I. J. K.

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CONTENTS

THE ROAD xi
I. THE PROSPECTOR 3
II. WATER 10
III. RAGGED ROMANCE 14
IV. "ANY ROAD, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANYWHERE" 25
V. "CAN HE RIDE?" 39
VI. ADVOCATE EXTRAORDINARY 48
VII. THE GIRL WHO GLANCED BACK 60
VIII. THE TEST 72
IX. A CELESTIAL ENTERPRISE 88
X. "PERFECTLY HARMLESS LITTLE OLE TENDERFOOT" 98
XI. DESERT LAW 110
XII. "FOOL'S LUCK" 125
XIII. THE RETURN 132
XIV. "CALL IT THE 'ROSE GIRL'" 141
XV. SILENT SAUNDERS 157
XVI. BLUNDER 163
XVII. GUESTS