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Title: Bert Wilson in the Rockies

Author: J. W. Duffield

Release Date: January 25, 2006 [EBook #17603]

Language: English

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BERT WILSON IN THE ROCKIES

BY J. W. DUFFIELD

Author of "Bert Wilson at the Wheel," "Wireless Operator," "Fadeaway
Ball," "Marathon Winner," "At Panama."

NEW YORK
GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914, By
SULLY AND KLEINTEICH

Published and Printed, 1924 by
Western Printing & Lithographing Company
Racine, Wisconsin
Printed in U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A Desperate Encounter

II. The Ranch in the Rockies

III. "Busting" a Broncho

IV. A Forest Terror

V. The Grizzly at Bay

VI. The "Ringer's" Downfall

VII. The Wolf Pack

VIII. With Teeth and Hoofs

IX. The Indian Outbreak

X. In Fearful Extremity

XI. Within an Ace

XII. Quick on the Draw

XIII. Trailing the Outlaws

XIV. The Race for Life

BERT WILSON IN THE ROCKIES

CHAPTER I

A Desperate Encounter

A shower of glass from the shattered windowpane fell over the floor and
seats, and a bullet embedded itself in the woodwork of an upper berth.
There was a shriek from the women passengers in the crowded Pullman, and
the men looked at each other in consternation. From the platform came the
sound of a scuffle, interspersed with oaths. Then, through the narrow
corridor that bordered the smoking-room, hurried two men, pushing the
terrified negro porter ahead of them. Each of the intruders wore a black
cloth tied over the lower part of his face, and before the bewildered
passengers knew what had happened they found themselves looking along the
blue-black barrels of two ugly revolvers.

It was a startling break in an uneventful day. For several hours the
Overland Limited had hummed along over the boundless prairies that
stret